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Photos of Cape Town South Africa: Bo-Kaap

This is the third in a series of posts covering Cape Town and the surrounding Western Cape region. I present images from the Bo-Kapp district which centrally located between the central business district and the lower slopes of Signal Hill It is a predominantly Muslim district with many mosques, originally settled by freed slaves who had been brought to Cape Town from the Dutch East Indies. The district population was spared being removed during Apartheid. I took a cooking class in one of the homes and learned a bit of what is called Cape Malay cooking. We made roti bread, samoses, chicken curry, chili bites and other good things.  I highly recommend the experience see the Andulela site for details, I also did their jazz tour which was equally great.  

             

                            













 

 

Photos of Cape Town South Africa: City Bowl Part Two – Gardens and Museums

Cape Town South Africa has one of the most beautiful settings of any city in the world. This is the second in along series covering the city and surrounding area. Below is Old Townhouse, restored building from the 1755 with a garden in the back. It had an exhibit of art against Apartheid.

                         
Here are scenes from the Company Gardens first started as a vegetable patch for the Dutch settlement. There are also some adjacent buildings.

                

Here is the main art museum, adjacent to the Company Gardens.

       

The next two posts will look at the Waterkant, one of the older parts of the city. 

 

Photos of Cape Town South Africa: Part One City Bowl

Cape Town South Africa has one of the most beautiful settings of any city in the world. To the left you can see the city outline and Table Mountain above it from Robben Island. I had the pleasure of spending time there in November and December 2010. This is the first in a series of posts covering Cape Town and the surrounding Western Cape region.  Below are scenes form the central business district. There is a long pedestrian space with trees and food stands. This is the oldest part in terms of European settlement as the Dutch first settled here in the 1650s. This first picture shows the City Bowl from the shore. You can click on any image to enlarge it.

 

                         

This is Long Street which is one of the major night life areas.

               

The next post will cover several museums and gardens in the City Bowl.

 

 

 

Photographs from Washington DC

I was in our Capital recently and took these pictures. I remain excited to be there and like the architecture and monuments. Here are a few. 

                                  

 

Photographs from Verona Italy

Here are some late October photographs from Verona Italy taken on a rainy day. 

                                         

Vineyards and Farm Houses in Emilia-Romagna Italy

Here are some late October photographs of farm houses in the Emilia-Romagna countryside. Many of the farms are vineyards. 

                                   

 

Photographs from Sassuolo Italy

Sassuolo is located south of Modena and had a great palace which is featured in most of these photos. 

                       

Three Great Lunches and a Dinner in Emilia-Romagna

Here are three great lunches in Emilia-Romagna. The first is in Bologna at Osteria dell'Orsa. There are several varieties of the local bread which is quite different from the traditional Italian bread we see in the US. Then a selection of pork meats and some gorgonzola gnocchi, and cream based turkey dish.  You can click on a picture to enlarge it. 

               

The next lunch is in Modena. You see carbonara with and without cheese.

   

The third lunch is in Reggio-Emilia and consists of Tortellini Bolognese. You can see the location, the meal and the view. 

       

In Carpi we ate dinner at the excellent Cafe Carducci.  We started two types of pasta: butternut squash filled tortelli and tagiatelli with mushrooms. This was followed by oven roast rabbit, with fried potatoes, and grilled vegetables you selected your self. In m this case eggplant, red peppers, and sun dried tomatoes.  Finally there were three types of chocolate desert. It was the best meal on the trip.

        

 

Photographs of Some of the Many Espressos in Italy

Having a cup of espresso is one of the great pleasures of visiting Italy. Here are some of the many cups available with a tea pot and cookie thrown in at the the end and acappaccino in the middle.