1camera1mom: February 2015

Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Cape Town - Part 2

A Playground in Cape Town

Ein Spielplatz in Kapstadt

De Waal Park is one of Cape Town's heritage sites. It was opened to the public in 1895. Today it's a popular park for dog walkers, children, picnickers, runners and more. Because of the dogs, you have to be careful not to walk in any poop. That's not very pleasant. It's also a place where the homeless come to take a nap. We had to use the public toilets and surprisingly, those were very clean. Who gets to play on a playground with Table Mountain as your backdrop? It's pretty cool, isn't it?

English: Welcome
Xhosa: Wamkelekile
Afrikaans: Welkom

De Waal Park
Cape Town Heritage

Memorial Bench in Mosaic Tiles

Quote on the Bench

Afrikaans: Moenie slaap nie. Kyk! Agter die gordyne begin die dag dans met 'n pouveer in sy hoed.

English: Don't sleep. Look! Behind the curtains, the day begins to dance with a peacock feather in its hat.

De Waal Park Entrance

Cape Town Kids

Kinderfreundliche Aktivitäten Kapstadt

All original photographs by Tina Morley unless stated otherwise. 1camera1mom is mostly in English mit ein bisschen Deutsch.

Related Posts:

Cape Town - Part 1 from my latest series

Cape Town - Part 5 this is a previous series with links to parts 1 - 4

Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Cape Town - Part 1

Table Mountain

Image of Nelson Mandela

The Clay Cafe

Amanda chose the espresso cup and saucer above as souvenirs. In this photo she was having tea. We chose the two dishes below for my mom-in-law for Christmas. It was great that she got to use them while we were there.

"The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude." Friedrich Nietzche

"Die Essenz aller schönen Kunst, die alle große Kunst, ist Dankbarkeit." Friedrich Nietzsche

All original photographs by Tina Morley unless stated otherwise. 1camera1mom is mostly in English mit ein bisschen Deutsch.

Related Posts:

The Cape Town Waterfront

The Old Biscuit Mill

Cape Town - Part 5 this is a previous series with links to parts 1 - 4

Tuesday, February 10, 2015

An Afternoon at Velddrif

If you've been following my mom blog, Amanda's Books and More, then you'll have seen a couple of today's photos. We spent an afternoon in Velddrif on South Africa's West Coast. Three of our kids came with.

Pelicans, a blue crane and seagulls

Ducks and a seagull

Ducks

Pelicans and seagulls

Seagulls

Hubby took this photo of me with three of our kids

Bokkoms: fish hung up to dry

Pink Flamingos

Port Owen

We drove into Port Owen, looking for a scenic spot where we could get milkshakes. We found a restaurant bustling with a stream of Christmas holiday makers like ourselves. The place was so busy that the waitress told us there was a long wait for food orders. We told her that we had come for milkshakes only. We didn't wait terribly long, but the milkshakes were the worst we'd ever had. Amanda liked hers, but the rest of us didn't and I left mine unfinished.