Waking up on Friday morning in Cape Town I was filled with contrasting emotions. On the one hand I was hopefully going to be getting my car back after having to endure eight weeks of pure frustration (don’t even ask!!), and on the other I was excited by the realisation that the weather was great, I would be spending an hour or so climbing a gorgeous mountain, and I would be seeing the inside of Cape Town Stadium with the naked eye for the first time. So all in all a great day in store in one of the most beautiful cities in the world!

The South African Jewish Museum situated in the “Museum Mile” of Cape Town, can be visited on the City Sightseeing’s Red City Tour. The museum is a major attraction for local and international tourism. The building offers visitors a truly unique experience with its bold architectural design, interactive multi-media displays and engaging accounts of South African Jewish history.

Hop on the Red City Tour bus and City Sightseeing will bring you directly to Table Mountain’s Cable Car and meet you on your descent again. Once at the summit of this magnificent mountain, whether you are walking on clouds or gazing at the sunset, Cape Town weather always has something special in store for its visitors, whilst they enjoy the sights, sounds and fresh air that this unforgettable Cape Town experience offers.

We talk about big sporting events bringing people together and allowing cultural interaction. Let me assure you that the implosion of Athlone Power Station’s Cooling Towers on Sunday the 22nd of August 2010 achieved the same objective. Tens of thousands of Capetonians from all walks of life lined streets, climbed roofs and stood on cars to catch a glimpse of the towers plummeting earthwards.

The beachfront of Camps Bay is a long stretch of white, palm tree-lined sand and along its length is a boulevard that forms part of a series of pavement cafés, bars and restaurants specialising in Mediterranean fare that has earned Camps Bay its trendy and cosmopolitan character.

Just recently I had the pleasure of doing the Blue Mini Peninsula Tour on one of the Cape Town City Sightseeing open top buses that operate in and around the city. The audio dialogue, on board service and driver were excellent, but the thing I was most impressed by was the view.

We decided to take the 3pm Ferry to Robben Island – and what a perfect day we chose for the outing! It also brought tears to my eyes thinking how far we are have progressed.. How proud Nelson Mandela must be that we as fellow South Africans stood together, partied together, united together and brought together the most amazing World Cup ever!

Saturday morning and it was up to the station again to Cape Town. This time in anticipation of the big game!

We jumped off the train in Salt River and headed for the Biscuit Mill… Just love it! We started the day with salmon bagels with cottage cheese and wine, followed by Oysters and Champagne and pudding was Seafood Paella! And of course there were lots of titbits like angelfish, olives and lots of other yummy food.

On the Blue Mini Peninsula Tour you’ll stop at Mariner’s Wharf, Stop 23, in Hout Bay, a charismatic fishing village with its harbour sprawling with small authentic working fishing vessels that supply Cape Town with the fresh catch of the day. We found a picture of the Harbour Road in Hout Bay in 1900!

We decided to go on the City Sightseeing bus trip on Wednesday as it was the only day that both my daughters were available. I was quite disappointed that the Cape Town weather wasn’t as great as it had been on other days.. not very nice for taking good shots! We were also so cold that I hardly took my hands out my pockets!

Tuesday we decided to go horse-riding on Long Beach, Cape Town. We hired horses from Imoff Farm – what a fantastic experience. I used to horse-ride when I was young, and didn’t know that I could ride there. The horse was very well behaved and we had a truly lovely walk/trot/canter along the beach. We had a touch of rain on the way but nothing dampened our spirits! I must say I was quite stiff after not having ridden a horse for many many years..~!

Windsor Castle sailed on her last voyage for Union-Castle on 12 August 1977. She finally departed Cape Town at 16:00 hours on 6 September 1977, returning to Southampton on 19 September 1977. The Royal Mail Ship Windsor Castle of 1959 was the largest passenger/cargo mailship operated by the Union-Castle Line on their ‘Cape Mail’ service to South African ports.