I’m starting to get homesick…Specifically, I miss Cape Town. The good natured people, the mountains, the ocean, the extraordinary mix of people, I miss it all. I found the picture below on the Facebook page of a friend. Enjoy it.
One of the most fun things we did during our trip to South Africa was visit Stellenbosch, the wine country just outside of Cape Town. We decided to visit Rust en Vrede, a 300 year old winery specializing in Shiraz, Cabernet, and Merlot. Nelson Mandela chose Rust en Vrede to be served at his Nobel Continue Reading
One of our stops in Cape Town was at Ithemba Labantu (Hope for the people), a community center run by the Lutheran church. It follows the same concept as the Boys and Girls club but has services for adults too. It provides a place for school kids to hang out after school. People from the Continue Reading
We rented a car during our trip to South Africa, and on the advice of friends, took a couple days to drive east from Cape Town along the coast. By the way, cars drive on the left side in South Africa. It was unnerving at first but we did get used to it. What was Continue Reading
We have just returned from an 8-day trip to South Africa. We spent most of our time in Cape Town. However, we also rented a car and drove east along the coast from Cape Town. I will be writing more posts about different parts of the trip. We stayed with an old friend (she’s more Continue Reading
On our latest trip to South Africa, we rented a car and drove east from Cape Town along the coast. On day 2 we made it to Tsitsikamma, home of the highest bungee jump in the world (~ 216m). I have always wanted to bungee jump so I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to make Continue Reading