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Cape Town, South Africa
(The Mother City)
The famous Cable Car - I'm on the left and fam. on the right - had a view of Table Mountain from our D6 fam. home back in the day!
There are three major cities in South Africa - Cape Town, Johannesburg-Gauteng, & Durban-KwaZulu
Travel - Google best route - I prefer to fly from the USA to Paris or Amsterdam
for a day or two and then fly to C.T. (The best time for C.T. is November-January)
Stay: The V&A Waterfront Hotels or Camps Bay (beautiful beach)
Food: V&A Waterfront (Timeout Market or Harbour House); Old Biscuit Mill - Woodstock ;
Koeksisters - you can buy it at the Parade; Nandos - Cape Town downtown
Top things to see: Table Mountain - the jewel of Africa and Lions Head - take a ride on
the Cable Car to the top of Table Mountain; hike Lions Head and see a sunset on Signal Hill
District Six - a beautiful fairyland for us growing up was destroyed by the ignorance of Apartheid
Visit the District Six Museum
Coon Carnival - January 2nd - they walk from New D6 - Darling St - Bo Kaap
Bo Kaap has pretty colorful houses
Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens
Victoria & Alfred Waterfront - plus amazing boutique stores
Adderley Street - downtown Cape Town; the flower shop, The Gardens, Parade & The Castle
Cape Point, drive the Seapoint route to Camps Bay - 12 Apostles - all around the mountain
to see the two oceans meet - Indian and Atlantic
Hout Bay - stop for fish and chips (Mariner's Wharf) and then eat it at Chapman's Peak
Simon's Town & Boulders Beach & Penguin Colony
Have a braai (bbq) which is popular in Cape Town
Robben Island by boat tour - Nelson Mandela was imprisoned there
Stellenbosch
Watch your back like any country - keep your backpack in front and your phone in your bag
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Old D6 - destroyed by the then-government
find me in the pic. in front of our family home & the right Communion Pic.
Muizenberg beach area - Ruth Alexander- When I was young!
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The clouds form the tablecloth over the mountain - called Table Mountain
D6 - Now
destroyed - standing
on the street where our family home was many years ago!
Coon Carnival - lappies or fabric hangings in the road to show that there is a troupe and their colors
Christmas Choir Practice (Christmas Eve and Christmas Day the Christmas Choirs walked the streets of D6 and sang to the people with their beautiful music of hymns and music - amazing)
The below clip is the talented Late Neville Lewis playing with silver saxophone (middle), who is originally from D6. The reel belongs to his daughter Avril Lewis. We played together as children long ago and ran after her dad's choir on Christmas Day. We have some beautiful memories!
Bo Kaap
BoKaap - Cape Town -the colorful homes
Boulders Beach -African Penguins
Seals - you can take a boat to visit the seals
Boulders Bay - Beach -Simonstown area - our son relaxing on the yellow tube
Houtbay and the trainsfrom Cape Town to, Kalk Bay & Simonstown
Cape Town flower stand - National lower - Protea
Cape of Good Hope walk the steps to the top to look down to see the two oceans meet
Chapman's Peak - buy your Houtbay fish and chips and have a picnic at this amazing viewing area
Kirstenbosch Gardens (Proteas) flower of S.A. - 1994 - left pic. Alexandria and right pic. Daniel/Ruth
Nelson Mandela's Cell at Robben Island
Schoenstadt Chapel - as children we visited the convent during summer vacation staying, in Constantia. Constantia is probably the birthplace of South African agriculture
Cape Malay food (the curry is not spicy like Indian food) and koeksisters (let me know if you
want to indulge in koeksisters/coffee because I know folks in New D6 who can arrange it for you!
Restaurant and Caberet about District Six in SeapointIt's dinner (Cape Malay Food) and a show
about D6There are a few places in the Bo Kaap & New D6 who might have dinners and talks about C.T.
New District Six - will never be the same fairyland we knew - a view from our deck in D6
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