Muizenberg, Cape Town : Now what when it rains

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Now what when it rains

Now you live on the third floor and have just been shopping (6 bags in total), it is raining and by the time you reach your you are looking and feeling more like a drowned rat than a human.

Cheers

2 comments:

Virginia said...: YIkes, no elevator for 6 floor ?? Cool shot today.; August 26, 2008 at 3:03 PM
Steffi said...: Cool shot again! It ism´t a great idea to live in the 6 floor without a elevator...but it´s a daily sport lesson!; August 28, 2008 at 9:58 AM

Interesting Muizenberg

- 1742 the Het Posthuys one of the oldest buildings in South Africa was built.
- 1795 The Battle of Muizenberg was a small but significant military affair that began and ended three months later with the (first) British occupation of the Cape.
- In 1882 the railway line, which for twenty years stopped at Wynberg, was extended to Muizenberg.
- 1895 the Muizenberg Municipality was established.
- 1902 Cecil John Rhodes bought as a holiday cottage and this was where he died.
- 1910 the library opened next to the Natale Labia
- 1911 the Muizenberg Post Office opened.
- 1913 a new railway station was built in Muizenberg.
- 1920 Boyes Drive was completed.