Ailsa and Andy’s Travels: Day 53 Iziko African Museum

At breakfast this morning, there were two “traditionally built” African ladies sitting across from us. Whilst I had some granola and Andy tucked into his sausage, bacon and eggs, I couldn’t help but notice the ladies who were both enjoying large plates of cooked breakfasts. A wee while later, the waitress appeared with another plate…of 6 big sausages for the ladies table. I heard one lady offer her friend a sausage, but when she declined, the lady then ate all 6 sausages herself!

After breakfast, we went into the centre of Capetown and visited the Iziko South African Museum where we saw all sorts of wildlife exhibits. There were many animals I’d never seen before, or appreciated the size of them! The buffalo and wilder beast were mahoosive! There were also many full size models of sea creatures such as sharks and whales.

Next stop was a wonder through Company’s Garden which is the oldest garden in South Africa. The garden was originally created in the 1650’s by the regions first European settlers to provide fresh produce to replenish passing ships rounding the Cape. Vegetables are still grown in the garden today.

Lunch was interesting. We found a lovely eatery down on the V&A waterfront and ordered from the Tapas menu. Our previous experience of Tapas has involved several small plates of bite size things to eat, so we ordered 5 different things expecting them to be little nibbles. When the “tapas” arrived, it was 5 full plates of food. Embarrassingly, we had to move tables because all the plates wouldn’t fit on our little table for two! 😅 Needless to say, we were rather full after lunch and slightly weary!

The day was finished with a wedding in the hotel - our second wedding of this holiday!