Our Christmas Gift to each other this year was a mini vacation to Cape Town, South Africa. On Monday, December 19th we flew from Johannesburg and arrived just after noon. We stayed at the Marriott Hotel, Crystal City - right in downtown. Other senior couples had informed us to hire a church member as a guide. Brother Bowrie was amazing. His family were pioneers in the church in the area and he was a retired National Gardens scientists who shared his knowledge with us. Cape Town is called the Mother City of South Africa - it was settled in 1652 by the Dutch - Jon van Reidel. They wanted to service their sailing ships that were going around the Cape of Good Hope.
These flowers were beautiful and on the top of Table Mountain. The tram ride up was interesting. About 50 people fit in the tram - all standing up. The floor rotates completely on the short trip - allowing all to see both the mountain and the view of the valley - Cape Town.
Other pretty flowers - the weather was great. Sometimes the mountain wears a 'tabblecloth' - cloud cover and bad weather closes the tram. We were blessed with three days of beautiful weather!
These flowers were so pretty - I didn't get a picture of the real ones but I found this poster - neat view of the valley behind them, and Lion's rock.
Another great view - there were hiking trails up the whole mountain - and some people hiking them!
One tram leaves as another is coming up - pretty cool!
Seeing Lion's rock and party of the city and the ocean! And two old people really enjoying it all! Elder Smith wasn't sure about the tram at first - he doesn't like heights! He was glad I talked him into it!!
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