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14. South Africa Part 2 - Cape Town & Simons Town

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14. South Africa – Cape Town & Simon’s Town From Franschhoek we took the short road to Stellenbosch, passing many vinyards along the way. We parked in the centre of Stellenbosch where we sat in a street cafĂ© having breakfast and watching the comings and goings. We were entertained by a street artist who could impersonate any animal and many other sounds. He would bark like a dog at the ankles of people walking by then look innocent as he indicated that the dog was under the car. It was hilarious. We carried on with our journey to Cape Town. It’s not too far but as you get closer the traffic increases considerably. We eventually reached our hotel in the centre of Cape Town. It was located on Greenmarket Square where there is a daily market selling all kinds of goods. Our room looked out over the market so we were woken up each morning to the sounds of the stalls being set up.   We took the trip by cable car up Table M...