We are doing the touristy stuff now. We went to visit the prison on Robben Island that held Nelson Mandela. The island is a short distance off the Capetown coast. They had docents as tour guides. Mandela spent 18 of his 27 years in this prison. The prison housed political prisoners of the apartheid government. Prior to this passing ships would drop off mutinous sailors and societies sent lepers here to live out their days.
We spent several hours at the botanical gardens. We enjoyed seeing the variety of indigenous plants.
We went to the top of table mountain. I was unaware this mountain is considered one of the 7 wonders of the world. It is visible from a great distance so for centuries sailors would look for the mountain that signaled they had reached the cape.
The weather is warm and sunny. It is so odd to go from wet and cold to real summer. The warm ocean breezes and Ocean scenery has attracted considerable wealth. Leonardo DiCaprio has a home here as does Diana’s brother to name just a couple of the rich and famous.
We have taken a couple of days worth of hop on hop off buses that has really helped to get the lay of the land.
Tomorrow Doug has signed me up for a cooking lesson (as if I need that).Stay tuned....
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