We met up with Bob and Paulette at breakfast and then headed to the kitchen to learn a couple of traditional Cape Malay dishes that we enjoyed for lunch. We made a beef Bobatie and delicious Malva pudding.
After lunch, we headed to the waterfront in Cape Town and we’re scheduled to take the ferry to Robben Island where Nelson Mandela spent much of his 28 years in prison. Unfortunately, the ferry crossing was canceled at the last minute due to anticipated high seas. While it was not windy at the time, the afternoon became very windy and it was a good thing it was canceled. We rescheduled for the morning of our departure so we may have better luck then. The cancellation allowed us a bit of time along the waterfront tourist area and we saw some wonderful African crafts and watched some traditional song and dance.
We also were able to take a car tour of the area and headed over to a beach with another great view of table mountain and we were able to watch some kite boarders taking advantage of the strong winds.
After the beach, we stopped at Bo-Kapp, a neighborhood made up of previous slave housing. The homes were originally rented to slave families but they were required to be painted white. Once freedom arrived, the slaves were allowed to buy the homes and painted the homes a. Varsity of bright colors to commemorate for freedom.
We finished the day with a drive up to Signal Hill for the sunset. The hill is about 1000 feet high and overlooks the city of Cape Town, the ocean and provides some great views of Table Mountain. Table mountain is very unique and you can see in some of the pictures the clouds that some rolling off the top of the mountain before they disappear. It looks like a table cloth being draped over the mountainside – very cool.
Before heading back to the wine estate, we stopped for casual waterfront dinner.
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