Saturday, and Sunday April 18 - 19, 2009
Wonderful dinner with about 30 Rotarians at the Van der Lith home in Constania outside of Cape Town. It was a wonderful braai and of course everyone was very welcoming and kind. The Van der Lith home is beautiful with wonderful gardens in a beautiful part of Cape Town.
On Saturday we had a great day as well. Traveled to Kirstenbosch Gardens with Di Thompson gave us a wonderful tour of the gardens. She arranged for a botanist to come in on her day off to give us a lesson on projects the garden is involved in throughout the townships. Tremendous gardening and restoration projects giving importance to beauty in the townships!
We then drove to Hout Bay for a lunch at Fish on the Rocks – a quaint out door restaurant where you can have fish and chips or fish and chips. It was a wonderful afternoon – our tour guide was Biffy Dankwertz we took a charter boat to Seal Island – and then returned to Hout Bay and drove to Groot Constantial Estate and toured the wine museum.
Saturday evening we (the team) was asked to join Bill and other Rotary members at the home of Kenny Van Aardt and Jenny to have a dinner. It was very nice the food traditional – it was a stew which the names escapes me. It is prepared in a three-legged pot over a slow burning fire. The meal was VERY tasty. We then played music. Kenny is a very good guitar play and singer. I played a few numbers as well and we held a sing along with those present. Shortly after we began singing they asked us to leave! No it’s not true – they were very kind and we had a great time.
I am writing this Sunday morning – preparing to leave for the day to Cape Point near where the Atlantic and Indian Oceans meet. It is raining but we will have a great day anyway.
Sunday afternoon – we traveled to Cape Point by the Rotarians of Cape Point Rotary Club. A great day filled with hiking, spectacular views, baboons and great food. Only a moment to type and must go.
The next few days will be very, very busy and I may not be able to post for a few days. I am thinking about all of you back home and especially about you Paul – stay
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