Sunday Outing

This Sunday Lauretta surprised Winrose and I with an outing to Midlands Meander.  She told us that she and her family were just going out for lunch and invited us to go along, but it ended up being so much more.  First we stopped in the town of Howick to take pictures at a view point of the Howick falls.  The views here in South Africa are so amazing.  We took a couple pictures at the waterfall and then continued driving. 

Next we stopped at the capture site of Nelson Mandela where a new monument has been built.  At first look the monument seemed to be an abstract of metal shards, but once we stood in the right spot we could see Mandela’s profile outlined with the metal. We also walked through the small museum on site that gave a history of Mandela’s life.  It talked about his upbringing, how he was captured at this site during apartheid, his life in prison, and his rise to leadership as South Africa’s first democratic President. We also had lunch at a little restaurant near the capture site. 

 After lunch, we drove to a type of market place where we could walk around and window shop.  There were coffee shops, dress shops, craft shops, and home décor shops. I didn’t buy anything, but it was nice to walk around and look at all the crafts.  We finally headed home after our busy Sunday to get some rest. Winrose and I were so thankful for our little surprise.  We had no idea that there is so much to do around our small town of Bulwer.  We are definitely looking forward to another outing, and hopefully soon.