Day 2 Travels

It seems that the expected jet lag has not been as bad as I anticipated. Alison says I'm doing "quite well," but I did wake up too late Sunday to make the morning service (8:30 am) of the church I wanted to visit. The church is on the north side of Cape Town, and would have taken a little while to find. We did find it in time for me to go to the evening service after taking a drive to a small quaint town called Franschhoek (which means French Corner in Afrikaans) a little over an hour from Cape Town in a very nice valley.

This area is very beautiful and popular with tourists because it has many wineries. This picture is of the Hotel Franschhoek a little ways outside of town. Notice the roof. It is made of thatch. You can still find old homes and buildings with this type of roof scattered here and there. As you can tell, the weather was beautiful. We were able to eat lunch outside at a delightful restaurant called Traumerel Restaurant & Cafe. The building is about 100 years old and has the original wood floors inside and wrought iron trim called "broekie lace" outside. Here is Alison at the restaurant, which she called "up market." There was a shop next door which reminded me of some of the places you would find in Poulsbo or Leavenworth. After lunch I purchased my first souvenirs from a street vendor- a carved and painted giraffe and a beautiful blue tablecloth that had been screen printed with drums and guinea fowl, a common but interesting South African bird. Alison made sure that the items were African made and not tooo expensive.

The final picture is of Devil's Peak as seen from outside of Alison's flat (apartment). Devil's Peak is on the back side of Table Mountain. As you can tell she lives very near the base which is south of main part of the city. I hope to take the tram up the mountain sometime during my visit.

We are working on plans to head for Kruger Park on Wednesday. More pictures tomorrow.

My best to all.

Linda B.