Maureen and I had groot (great) fun in the city on Friday.
We caught the "hop on hop off" open, double decker red bus.
It took us all around the city of Cape Town, the points of historical interest being explained via a set of headphones handed to us when we climbed on board. I felt sorry Nev wasn't there to share it with us, though I know he would rather die than be seen on a bus of such touristy magnitude!
We visited Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens for an hour and concluded one needs at least a day and a picnic basket to do this location any justice.
Next stop: wine tasting!
This picture is of the tasting room at Groot Constantia, the oldest vineyard in South Africa. It is here on the 2nd of February, 1659, Jan Van Riebeek (a founding father), raised the first glass of Muskat to his lips and said: "Today, praise the Lord, wine was pressed for the first time in the Cape." I know it wasn't right in front of this picture but my mind thought it wouldn't have been a bad spot for him to have sat and enjoyed his tasting!
We sure did!
We loved their wines, loved the wines at Eagles Nest even more!
We had ambitiously chosen 9 of the potential 14 stops along the way for our day of exploration, but traffic delays due to the Jazz Festival being hosted in the City that weekend resulted in us having to skip a lot of them as the bus finally arrived and wound its way behind Table Mountain, dropping us off at our last stop of the day, The Milnerton Hotel on Seal Beach.
We were there just in time to watch the sun set and enjoy a glass of wine with Sharon who had kindly come to collect us weary travelers and take us home, but not before she took us to the Grand, a restaurant right on the beach where we were able to sit a little longer with our feet in the sand and one last glass of good South African wine in our hands while we shared our stories of the day.
Groot fun... thanks ladies :)