Saturday
Today was the day…
We took a drive into the city centre and mooched around a few places. We started off by going to the Wild Sprout for breakfast which is a health restaurant in Constantia. This is where Mike and my taste part company. I loved it. Mike will never go there again! Mike is an egg and bacons guy. I am happy to experiment. Mike ordered a green omelet and really didn’t like it. I ordered eggs benedict and it was great. Half way through our breakfasts Mike & I swapped and he ate the rest of my more traditional eggs. I finished his green ones! I thought it was delish! Lol. Julian stayed safe and had French toast.
Onwards to the Waterfront where I wanted to see if you can walk to the end of the Breakwater. As you can see from the map it’s temporarily closed. We walked as far as the helicopter companies, but then it’s blocked.
Saw some great sights.
From there we drove into Cape Town and parked on Queen Victoria Street. While we were there, we noticed a couple of huge heavy duty crane carriers maneuvering massive screens. We stopped to ask what they were doing. They told us they were filming for a Swedish (or was it Finnish?) film and needed to cover (or block out) Table Mountain so no one knew they were in Cape Town. Quite a mission, but certainly it seems Cape Town is a good venue for international film makers. Not something you see every day.
We went to the Cape Town museum where we learned a couple of things. The first is the ownership of Prince Edward Islands falls to not only South Africa, but it comes under the Western Cape and a phone line on the islands even has the 021 dialing code. I think people may have heard of Marion Island. It’s 2000 km south east of the Mother City and no place to want to call home. Weather is terrible.
We admired the whale skeleton- next time we see a whale in False Bay, I’ll have a greater idea of how big it is.
We then sauntered through the company gardens, admiring the sights, including this cute family. Mother had a broken foot and father was very protective.
We admired the massive yellow wood tree.
And guessed its age. We were completely out.
We then went and had coffee and cheesecake at this cute little restaurant. There are two restaurants in the company gardens. The bigger one we have been to before. This one is very close by.
It was the Director’s house in years gone by.
This would have been the director’s view.
Turned out to be a beautiful day. Julian has recently returned from the UK where he visited Hyde Park (established 1536) . Today he kept commenting on the similarity between Hyde Park and the Company Gardens. The Company Gardens were established in the 1650s, are the oldest gardens in the country and were established by the Dutch East India Company. Such a beautiful place to wander around.
We came home, I had a little snooze, then chatted to Stacey and Elsie before hearing from David as well, so my cup is full.
A lovely day.
Psalm 18:28
You, O Lord, keep my lamp burning; my God turns my darkness into light.
The best is yet to come – we are only passing through.
Keep the smile going.
God bless you.
In His Grip,
Helga xx 🙂