Cape Town

We are now in Cape Town, South Africa. It is a very modern and vibrant city. There are so many interesting buildings and things to do. One major hi-light for us was to take a tour of Robben Island. That is where Nelson Mandela and many political prisoners were held during the apartheid era. He was there for 18 years! The island has been a place for centuries where convicts, political prisoners and lepers were incarcerated. A former political prisoner took us on a tour of the jail. We also saw lots of seals and Cape penguins on the island. Today we took the cable car up to Table Mountain. The views from there are nothing short of spectacular. We hiked over a great deal of the top of the mountain. Tomorrow we are renting a car and heading down to The Cape of Good Hope, then following the coast to end up in Johannesburg. We fly out on April 27 and will rent a car in Frankfurt and travel around Europe before flying to Toronto on May 11.