Dear Currier,
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| Table Mountain looking south towards Cape Point |
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| African Penguins, Western Cape |
Hi from Cape Town, South Africa. We are at Stellenbosch University just outside Cape Town for 3 weeks. Richard has joined a human evolutionary biology group here and I am on holiday! It is a really beautiful area, very like southern California. Stellenbosch is very like Santa Barbara and the whole area is covered with vineyards. We have resisted the urge to spend every spare moment wine tasting and have turned our attention to the famous sites.
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| African Penguins mate for life |
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| Cape of Good Hope on a calm day |
Last weekend we visited Table Mountain, nesting African Penguins - the only penguin that lives in Africa and had a wonderful trip to The Cape of Good Hope. The scenery was stunning, the vegetation unique and we thought about what it must have been to be Vasco da Gama rounding this often stormy point where currents from Atlantic and Indian Oceans meet not having any idea what was ahead.
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| Cape Point - where the cold Atlantic and warm Pacific currents meet |
Next weekend we hope to visit Robben Island and some inland sites and then it is back to the UK. But that is not all bad! We are so excited that PGP is visiting us in the other Cambridge during Spring Break.
We hope you are all enjoying the semester. Unbelievable to think that the academic year is almost over.
With very best wishes.
We miss Currier!
Elizabeth and Richard
Thanks for sharing! You'll have to bring your new wine experience back to Currier and hold some wine tasting events with some more exotic selections. While we relinquish PGP over spring break only begrudgingly, I suppose it's only fair to share. Hope you enjoy the rest of your stay in South Africa!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos! Looks like you're having a blast. Any sightings of Homo gautengensis? Have fun and we hope to see you soon!
ReplyDeleteIt's great to hear about your experiences! We all look forward to seeing you so soon!
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