Mike Smuts (Sr) keeping the group informed of our
whereabouts, what’s coming next, and the fascinating history of South Africa.
The Family that Travels Together … We’re delighted to have
siblings on the trip. John and Judy Vander Woude, Joanne and Koos Brouwer and
Etta de Jong. John, Joanne and Etta are siblings. This picture is taken at the
base of Table Mountain. Because of the wind, the gondolas were not running this
morning.
We’re standing on Signal Hill, with Table Mountain behind
us. Cape Town is below and that speck of land in the water is Robbins Island,
where Nelson Mandela spent 26 years in prison for “high treason” against the
Apartheid government.
Standing in front of the Anglican Cathedral in downtown Cape
Town. This was Bishop Desmond Tutu’s pulpit, literally, to speak to the nation
against the injustices of Apartheid. Mike told us that Tutu is still very
active in speaking out against injustice anywhere he sees it in post-Apartheid
South Africa.
Time for winetasting and a meal. We had a delightful time at
the Neethlingshof Estate outside of Stellenbosch, sampling their excellent
wines and enjoying a wonderful meal of Malay-influenced cuisine. We enjoyed a
pungent curry dish, topped with egg, paired with an estate wine, in an historic
building with a thatched roof.
One of the downtown streets in Stellenbosch, and the front
of the Theological Seminary, part of the Dutch Reformed Church. Approximately
300 undergrads study here, plus graduate students from around the world.
Stellenbosch is predominately Afrikaans people, about 70% white people. Thanks
to the influence of French Huguenots, wine is a big part of the industry here.
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