Today my husband Bert and I board the RMS St Helena for the five-day voyage to the island. Since the ship doesn’t offer internet to its passengers, this is my final blog until we disembark on May 16th. No internet for five days might feel like a hardship, but I expect our cruise will be …
. . . to the king on land! South Africa is full of wonderful sights and experiences. We’re on safari today and tomorrow, then back to Cape Town for one day sightseeing before boarding the RMS St Helena.
No Napoleon today—we went Great White Shark cage-diving instead. Here’s one of the seventeen friends we made. He’s about twelve feet long, and looked mighty hungry, although thousands of seals were raising pups on a nearby island. I figured they’d probably be much tastier than me.
Today, the 190th anniversary of Napoleon Bonaparte’s death on St Helena, was our first day in South Africa. We commemorated the occasion with a visit to Groot (Estate) Constantia, just outside of Cape Town. One of the few pleasures Napoleon experienced during his six-year exile on St Helena was the Grand Constance sweet white wine …
