Thursday, October 20, 2022

14 October 2022 Cape Town S.A. Tidbits about town

 


In this post I am including some odds and ends.  Some were from the drive to the Botanical Gardens, some were from a dinner we had out after the penguins and some other bits.


A cool sculpture on the grounds of the Mount Nelson


The Mount Nelson, our home for five days.  Home is where our luggage is.


This fountain is running but it is hard to see



Vaso De Gamma 


The Castle of Good Hope


We just drove past the 17th century colonial castle


It is serious from a old school fort point of view


The Rhodes Memorial is a tribute to the diamond magnate Cecil Rhodes


A spooky scene indeed


Choose your flamingo size


Exclamation Point!


More new Gins to experience


One Down


Two down


Spider Pig, spider pig, does whatever a spider pig does.....H. Simpson


Wrap and entire asparagus spear in a egg roll wrap, deep fry, cut in half and enjoy


Spicy Squidlys


An excepcional salad at the Black Sheep Restaurant


Climbing the ladder of success


The good stuff is up on top


Our server was so sweet, she even gave us her phone number in case we needed anything


Gotta laugh


Lots to choose from


At first we though that this was a barbershop quartet.  It is some kids getting off from school


I looked this up, its a real opera from 1833


One of the entrances to the Mount Nelson


Big palm trees that were planted for a visit by the Prince of Whales


The grandeur


We like this place!





It has been 133 days since we began our Migration