Tag Archives: Cape Town
Monday Morning Blues –
Eighteen years ago(!) I visited South Africa with Mrs Wilbur where we packed in Johannesburg, a Kruger safari, a tour of the Western Cape & Wine Route, and finally a relaxing few days in Cape Town. We booked an apartment in the Camps Bay District and the photo below is of Lion’s Head Mountain which […]
A-Z April Challenge – T Is For Table Mountain In Cape Town
Mrs Wilbur and I visited South Africa way back in 2003 and were lucky enough to watch England lift the Rugby World Cup against Australia in a bar full of cheering Springboks. Apart from that brilliant memory, we were also treated to many more provided by Kruger, The Wine Route, The Western Cape and Cape […]
Africa Day – Part One
Today is officially Africa Day. According to the South African Government website, “Africa Day is intended to celebrate and acknowledge the successes of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU now the AU) from its creation in May 25, 1963 in the fight against colonialism and apartheid, as well as the progress that Africa has made, […]
A-Z April Challenge (Cities Visited) – C For Cape Town
We loved Cape Town when we visited in 2003 as part of a fifteen day trip to South Africa. We stayed for four nights either side of journeys along the Wine Route & around the Western Cape, which you can also read about on my blog. On our first two nights we stayed centrally. Our […]
Cape Town
We had one night left in Johannesburg before we would fly to Cape Town. On the morning of our flight however was the little matter of the Rugby World Cup Final between England & Australia in Sydney. I watched in the hotel lounge wearing my England rugby shirt, making me universally popular with the South […]
