Today, Sunday, was the first real day of visiting Cape Town like a tourist. Rebekah, my colleague from work who was also attending Congress, and I have planned three days of exploring Cape Town and this part of South Africa.
We got tickets for the Hop-on-Hop-off bus tour that goes throughout the town, and first visited Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens. Wonderful collection of flowers, trees, and cycads.
The gardens were donated by Rhodes, of scholarship, De Beers Diamonds, and Rhodesia fame. When he died a "confirmed bachelor" (and we know what that meant in the old days), he was one of the richest men in the world, and left the bulk of his estate to the state. Spending the morning in the warm sunshine and amongst the beautiful gardens was a real tonic after several days of meetings.
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