Cape Town
It is Cape Town, Oct 30th, 68 degrees and riotous springtime.
Alot of writers have talked about the South African Spring being the world's most beautiful and they may be right on.....the roses are outdoing themslves and I have about 10 huge fulsome bushes in my "front yard" in that this glorious Mt Nelson Hotel has given me the Honeysuckle Cottage and I feel like a kept man... In ALL THE WORLD (and this is my 5th time here) I have yet to find a hotel I like better. People come here and rave about Ellerman House and the Cape Grace....well they are merely Pleasant Valley compared to "the club"....the Mt Nelson is on about 30 prime acres right at the bottom of Table Mountain and its tramway. A good 20 of those acres are in superb gardens with not only the English sights of spring, but also the many curious bits of S African flora.
I spent some of today at the Victoria and Albert Waterfront (where the highly lauded Cape Grace is located). The Mandela memorial at the ferry terminal for Robben Island is spectacularly good. I think he is my favorite person of the last half of the last century and Ataturk my favorite of the first half, (though this is hardly original).
I am off now to the bar for a glass of Cape Pinotage, one of the best wines in christendom....(I guess there are not TOO many from muslimdom). All is well. I fly to London enroute Istanbul Friday... and haven't a clue as to what Aysegul and Eyup have in store though their emails read like the Cheshire Cat's.
Alot of writers have talked about the South African Spring being the world's most beautiful and they may be right on.....the roses are outdoing themslves and I have about 10 huge fulsome bushes in my "front yard" in that this glorious Mt Nelson Hotel has given me the Honeysuckle Cottage and I feel like a kept man... In ALL THE WORLD (and this is my 5th time here) I have yet to find a hotel I like better. People come here and rave about Ellerman House and the Cape Grace....well they are merely Pleasant Valley compared to "the club"....the Mt Nelson is on about 30 prime acres right at the bottom of Table Mountain and its tramway. A good 20 of those acres are in superb gardens with not only the English sights of spring, but also the many curious bits of S African flora.
I spent some of today at the Victoria and Albert Waterfront (where the highly lauded Cape Grace is located). The Mandela memorial at the ferry terminal for Robben Island is spectacularly good. I think he is my favorite person of the last half of the last century and Ataturk my favorite of the first half, (though this is hardly original).
I am off now to the bar for a glass of Cape Pinotage, one of the best wines in christendom....(I guess there are not TOO many from muslimdom). All is well. I fly to London enroute Istanbul Friday... and haven't a clue as to what Aysegul and Eyup have in store though their emails read like the Cheshire Cat's.
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