Muizenberg, Cape Town : My lazy weekend

Monday, September 1, 2008

My lazy weekend

This cat has the same look on it's face as I do, what a lazy weekend I have just had - loved every second of.

I will publish photographs of it soon, promise.

Cheers

1 comment:

Ineke said...: somethings gone wrong with your date pentaxjunkie!
great cat though but weren't you suppost to post about the twin cities :); September 1, 2008 at 1:16 PM

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.