South Africa - Cape Town - Kirstenbosch botanical gardens

by Charlie Blackwood
(Leeds, U.K.)

Kirstenbosch botanical gardens, Cape Town, South Africa

I've just returned from a wonderful holiday in Cape Town, staying with friends.

One Sunday evening we enjoyed a picnic on the lawn at Kirstenbosch botanical gardens and just before sunset we were treated to a musical concert - apparently held there every Sunday evening during the summer.

With its backdrop of Table Mountain, Kirstenbosch is one of the top botancial gardens in the world and it was wonderful to stroll around part of it (it's enormous!) before spreading out our blanket, opening the picnic basket and bottle of smooth South African wine and chilling out to the music.

Wish I was back there now!