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Published: April 30th 2007
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Where's our memorial???
First the Rhodes Memorial......Next the Lizzie & Hannah Memorial...Then...we conquer the world!? As the title suggests we decided to try our luck again at the V & A Waterfront and see if we could get on the trip to Robben Island. So after sorting out the car, which involved a direct swap to Colissa Corsa (a male car this time with power steering, no rattling noises and an exhaust that's in tact!!!) we set off on our mission.
We parked the car and wandered over to the ticket office (anyone sensing deja vue here?), and merrily joined the queue. Then with a quick glance right we realised that today's tours were fully booked and yet again our plans had been scuppered.
Not to be deterred we returned to Colissa, paid for the 10 minutes of parking and set off back towards the motorway to see what we could find to do. The sign to the Rhodes Memorial had been beckoning for a while, so we decided to follow it...and what a great decision that was. Apparently Cecil Rhodes was a very famous English bloke who brought British rule to South Africa. He is very popiular in these parts, as the size of the memorial shows.
After accosting some poor
Looking down on the city...
View from Rhodes Memorial...pre-dessert!!! man who was minding his own business and asking him to take a photo of us on the steps, we went in search of lunch. Hidden around the back of the memorial is a small restaurant...it looked a bit like any other until we sat down and saw the size of the puddings leaving the kitchen...Wow!!! We had the most fantastic sandwiches but made sure we left room for something sweet. It came in the shape of Lemon Meringue Pie for Lizzie and chocolate brownie with hot chocolate sauce for Hannah (see below).
Following a mammoth walk down the steps to walk off the calories we jumped back in the car and moved onto Kirstenbosch Botanical gardens. To say it was a haven of peace and tranquility would be a massive understatement. The smells and the sounds were breathtaking and we are now experts on the uses for Umgezisa and many other plant remedies. Lizzie even identified a Bird of Paradise plant before looking at the label underneath!!! As we finished our walk through the green wilderness, we found a nice cafe to have a rejuvinating drink in. We thought it would be good to try a local specialty
Yum!!!
Yum, yum and triple yum!!!!! so it was a pot of Rooibos tea for two. We walked out past the gift shop, which was in fact closed (so no postcards for us this time) and wended our merry way back to Kommetjie for an evening of chilling out and much chocolate eating!!!
P.S. Thanks for all the messages and comments that we are getting. It is so nice to hear from you all and still have some link with back home. Those of you who aren't leaving us messages...beware we know who you are and we will be naming and shaming. xxx
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Have a nice trip ladies...... but, Hannah, I don't think I can put up with Kieran any further. I have to sit next to him for at least 10 hours most days and, to be frank, it's not healthy. Rambling on about Gosport, Southampton etc....to be honest I feel sorry for you! Come back soon, or I might be forced to take, what some people might call, unreasonable action! Again, have a nice trip!