Rose Garden and Taste of Cape Town
I wish I was better at updating my blog but this time I am only 2 weeks late so that isn't too bad. I am also writing this instead of a paper...oh procrastination. For the weekend of April 14-15, I went to the Stellenbosch market! It is about a hour train ride from where I live. We had to take two different train lines to get there. Stellenbosch is more inland and is where a lot of the vineyards are. It is an absolutely beautiful area. The market was very similar to Old Biscuit Mill (look at my older post) and it reminds me of Piccadilly Market in London. I got lemonade there!!! My body went into shock because it was the first time I have had it in about 3 months! and it was the real thing, hand squeezed! Also had some wonderful free samples of dried fruits, fudge, cheese, bread, and biltong(like beef jerky but better). On the way home, we saw a man get in a fight over a golf club. A man tried to bring on a golf club onto the train but a security guard said it was a weapon so they started yelling and making a scene about the golf club. The security broke the golf club in half! (must have been pretty cheap) We don't know the ending because we hopped on the train. This weekend (April 21-22) I went to the Rose Garden in Wynberg. I had no idea that there were so many different kinds of roses. There were at least 50 different breeds, they were all different shapes and colors. We were the only ones at the garden so it was very relaxing. They also had a cute little restaurant that was busy with people eating brunch. It had the most spectacular view of Table Mountain. We ended up walking back from Wynberg, which turned out to be a 7 mile walk!!! On sunday, Jenessa and I went to Taste of Cape Town, which was a swanky food festival. It cost R80 to enter (abt 10 USD) and then you paid rand for the "currency" that was used at the festival. It was great getting to try some dishes that were made by Cape Towns best chiefs and restaurants. There were also lots of venders selling sweets, wine, liquor, cheese and meats. We went to watch a cooking show and we participated by dipping the cookie into chocolate!! I am the next Julia Childs!!!
I wish I was better at updating my blog but this time I am only 2 weeks late so that isn't too bad. I am also writing this instead of a paper...oh procrastination. For the weekend of April 14-15, I went to the Stellenbosch market! It is about a hour train ride from where I live. We had to take two different train lines to get there. Stellenbosch is more inland and is where a lot of the vineyards are. It is an absolutely beautiful area. The market was very similar to Old Biscuit Mill (look at my older post) and it reminds me of Piccadilly Market in London. I got lemonade there!!! My body went into shock because it was the first time I have had it in about 3 months! and it was the real thing, hand squeezed! Also had some wonderful free samples of dried fruits, fudge, cheese, bread, and biltong(like beef jerky but better). On the way home, we saw a man get in a fight over a golf club. A man tried to bring on a golf club onto the train but a security guard said it was a weapon so they started yelling and making a scene about the golf club. The security broke the golf club in half! (must have been pretty cheap) We don't know the ending because we hopped on the train. This weekend (April 21-22) I went to the Rose Garden in Wynberg. I had no idea that there were so many different kinds of roses. There were at least 50 different breeds, they were all different shapes and colors. We were the only ones at the garden so it was very relaxing. They also had a cute little restaurant that was busy with people eating brunch. It had the most spectacular view of Table Mountain. We ended up walking back from Wynberg, which turned out to be a 7 mile walk!!! On sunday, Jenessa and I went to Taste of Cape Town, which was a swanky food festival. It cost R80 to enter (abt 10 USD) and then you paid rand for the "currency" that was used at the festival. It was great getting to try some dishes that were made by Cape Towns best chiefs and restaurants. There were also lots of venders selling sweets, wine, liquor, cheese and meats. We went to watch a cooking show and we participated by dipping the cookie into chocolate!! I am the next Julia Childs!!!
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