TRAVEL BLOG December 15th, 2021 - CAPE TOWN

 

12/15/21- Breakfast is the same as yesterday, still good, and we take our Covid tests inside our hotel room (thanks to our last hotel for setting that up). She took credit card, which is awesome, and now we wait until tonight for the results. Unfortunately, we’re not able to check into our flight with British Airways online and have to do so at the counter, so hoping we get seats together.

It’s supposed to rain today, but we don’t see a dark cloud anywhere. That’s good news for our last day as we venture to the Zeitz Museum, which is full of contemporary art about the apartheid in the 1900s. This era was responsible for over one million Africans being slaughtered and the displacement of native families. There wasn’t much to it as several floors were closed off, but the building itself was quite interesting to see.

As the wind picks up again, we take an Uber to the Parliament building (Company’s Garden), but when we arrive we can’t find where it is. Unsure if there are two Parliament buildings, we follow our map the wrong direction for about ten minutes before circling back. Once at the gates, we find we have to walk around the block for another ten minutes to the other side, which incidentally opens to a very nice park and gardens area. We get the shot we're looking for and enjoy the stroll in the nice, cool breeze.

We search for a souvenir shop, because the ones we found before didn’t have what we’re looking for, but can’t find anything. We decide to take an Uber to Table Mountain, the place we went to a few days ago, and get one from there. We probably should’ve grabbed it then but we had no idea we’d have such a hard time since. Either way, we find one that works.

With all the places crossed off our list in Cape Town, we go back to the wine region for some tastings. It takes forty minutes to get there but we can’t pass up the opportunity, and it beats sitting in our hotel with nothing to do. The first vineyard is Klein Constantia (established back in 1685), which has an awesome sweet wine and some decent reds. The history of South Africa is unreal and worth a Google by the way.

We then head over to Constantia Glen for dinner with the complete vineyard view in front of us. Again, two full plates of food and wine tasting for just over $20 USD is unreal. This is when the rain finally came down, but we're just inside the double doors so we only got a bit chilly from the wind.

Ready to get packing, we reach our hotel to find our ripped luggage waiting for us, just in time. The airline mentions they'll replace and ship the new one to our address in New York, but I’ll believe it when I see it. We were actually hoping for a reimbursement to find another luggage set, as it’s time anyhow, but doesn’t look like that’s happening.