Goodbye to The Message Church!

The last evening before we flew out we had a big "bring and share" dinner with folk from The Message church. There were about 30 people there - a great evening of stories and food, and a good way to officially say our last good-byes.

Final activities at the Garden Cottage

And yet more pictures from our last week in Cape Town.. (can you tell we're missing it already after only two weeks back in the US?)

Final goodbye to 2 WayTravel comrades

Final visits #3: the mountain and Kirstenbosch Gardens

We were given an awesome Cape Town winter day for our final visit to Kirstenbosch Gardens and the mountain: blue skies, warm (but not too hot) sun, crisp air. From the Gardens we hiked to the top of Table Mountain via the Skeleton Gorge trail, returning via the Nursery Ravine trail. Admittedly, we paid for it the following day: so sore!

Below is our favorite plant in the Gardens, called "Elephant's Food."

Final visits #2: the winelands

We have enjoyed learning about the wide world of wine while living in the Western Cape, home to over 200 wineries nestled in the nearby mountains. Half of the fun of visiting the winelands is getting out of town and into some really beautiful surroundings.

Another part the fun is seeing and exploring new wineries, each one always unique (and usually beautiful) in architecture and grounds and each offering its own interpretation of the typical wines of the Cape, such as cabernet sauvignon, chardonnay, merlot, and shiraz (reds) and chenin blanc, semillon, and blanc de blanc (whites).