Today I was a tourist in my own city. It was fabulous. We took the ferry/ water taxi from the CTICC to the V&A Waterfront. For only R20 each way, it's a great way to get to the waterfront. The skipper is a chatty guy, with a great store of (useless??) information about the various buildings and other features visible along the way. I certainly learnt some stuff about the city, and I've lived here my entire life. You also get to go through a working lock at the end of the canal, where it opens into the harbour, which is an experience in and of itself. Definitely worth a trip.
I took a selection of photos, mainly of the lock, but also of the sumptuous and scandalously wealthy apartments and hotels along the route, and of some of the interesting and/or famous boats, yachts & ships in the harbour. You can see them here, on Flickr, if you're interested.
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Wednesday, July 08, 2009
Tuesday, April 08, 2008
Napier, or Napeer?
Thanks to loving family, we were able to take a weekend off to celebrate our anniversary. We stayed in Napier (no longer Na-peer, apparently), at a lovely retreat house called Marilee, run by a family friend, and partially paid for by Graeme's aunt.
Oupa and Ouma had Nellie for the weekend, so we were really able to relax and enjoy each other's company for a while. We had some fabulous meals out - most notably at a little pub called The Fox. It's a real little piece of England in SA. In many respects, it felt like home to us!
We took a day trip to explore the area a bit, as both of us had only ever really been in the area to go to Cape Aghulus. We had a meal in Bredasdorp, visited the candle factory there (where we bought ourselves an anniversary present of a candelabra statue)
and then went on to try to visit the wine farms in the area (mostly around Elim). Sadly, they were all shut (Mon-Fri operations only).
Elim is an interesting place - not only does it have a lot of the 'the oldest' stuff in South Africa, but every person who lives there is an official member of the church (Moravian/ German) there!While in Elim though, we saw this cute little sign on the channel that runs to the mill.
(If you can't read it, it says 'Blessed are the lowly'.)
All round, we had a lovely weekend.
Oupa and Ouma had Nellie for the weekend, so we were really able to relax and enjoy each other's company for a while. We had some fabulous meals out - most notably at a little pub called The Fox. It's a real little piece of England in SA. In many respects, it felt like home to us!
We took a day trip to explore the area a bit, as both of us had only ever really been in the area to go to Cape Aghulus. We had a meal in Bredasdorp, visited the candle factory there (where we bought ourselves an anniversary present of a candelabra statue)
and then went on to try to visit the wine farms in the area (mostly around Elim). Sadly, they were all shut (Mon-Fri operations only).Elim is an interesting place - not only does it have a lot of the 'the oldest' stuff in South Africa, but every person who lives there is an official member of the church (Moravian/ German) there!While in Elim though, we saw this cute little sign on the channel that runs to the mill.
(If you can't read it, it says 'Blessed are the lowly'.)All round, we had a lovely weekend.
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