Steem Women club Engagement Contest 3 | We LOVE sightseeing as a family | by @patjewell
Sightseeing in Cape Town
If there is one thing we like doing as a family it is sightseeing.
Sightseeing is visiting interesting places, famous places or historical places.
Even easier is breaking the word down in two words, sight and seeing.
Sight – the interesting place (normally visited by tourists)
Seeing – looking at (to literally be there and see for yourself)
We might not be tourists in our own country but nothing stops us to learn and explore our country from the viewpoint of a tourist. In fact we’ve come to realize that there are so much to discover. Those things that school history books don’t tell us about.
Have you seen tourists in your country?
They are the ones with shiny faces due to sunscreen, hats on the head and camera’s hanging around the neck. Well, that is us when we go sightseeing.
We do our sightseeing trips, by walking, by car, by bus and even by boat.
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Here we are on a sightseeing trip by doing a walk trail in Keurboomstrand.
Keurboomstrand, a small holiday village on the Garden Route of South Africa. It is a 6 km walk there and back and can take anything between one and three hours as it all depends on the tide. Most of the walking is on the beach and if it is still a bit of high tide you have to walk through the ocean which makes it so much more interesting for the kids.
One of our most exciting sightseeing trips was done on the red “Hop on, Hop off Bus” tour of Johannesburg. I live on the West Rand of Johannesburg and one would expect that I know all about Johannesburg. On this red bus trip I saw and got to learn more about Johannesburg in one day than in my entire life. As for the rest of the family, they were totally amazed at what we saw.
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One of our favourite sightseeing trips was when I took the kids to the West Coast of South Africa.
This time we traveled by car all along the coastline stopping at the small fisherman villages and visiting old historical places. We truly believe to go where the road takes us.
What we enjoyed most was the singing and games we played while on the drive.
To our surprise we found a street in one of the smaller towns, Vredenburg, with the same name as our surname.
There is a must see on our list of sightseeing and that is churches. Where ever we go look for the local churches. As a family we have discovered over the years that the beauty, the history and the culture of our country is to be found in the churches.
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Sightseeing indeed is a joyful time for us. It is also a time for;
- Bonding
- To learn from each other
- Creating happiness in our family
Camps Bay, South Africa
Put a sightseeing tour of your country on your family's bucket list. You will be surprised in what you will discover, not only in your country, but in your beloved family.
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I will like to invite @olabillions, @solaymann, @monjuapollonia, @sisol and @nexcis to take part.
This is so lovely,A happy family am seeing here.interesting😊I will love to try the sightseeing and also share my experience.
All you need to do is... GO FOR IT! :-)
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Sightseeing is an interesting thing to do, It's more interesting seeing with our loved ones, I just haven't had time to do this with family or partner. Am sure you had a wonderful day sightseeing
I appreciate your invitation
I will see to my entry soon
Thank you for reading my post. I will be for sure on the lookout for yours 😊
I know it will be good!
Thank you in advance for inviting me to join this contest. I will try it
Good! I will keep an eye open for your post 😊
Places of great beauty like these on the pictures are a must visit. Sightseeing is a wonderful recreational activities that when engaged with family, give great satisfaction. Those places are irresistible. The memories can never be forgotten. The kids will always have stories to tell. Thanks for sharing this Activities with your family. I am on my way to you so we can sightsee together.
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You can go sightseeing on one condition… You must share it with us 😊
Oh my God!
Such a beautiful family you've got there my dear sister. Indeed you guys love sightseeing, from trekking to cars and other means of transportation you guys made sightseeing a reality.
I love the Arch Rock, Keurboomstrand, South Africa, the rocks looks so beautiful and could be enjoyed in person.
Sightseeing in Johannesburg, the town looks beautiful and clean too. Indeed you've said it all because one would think they know all the places in his or her town. I have beautiful places o have to unravel here in Bamenda.
The town of Vredenburg, from your post I have learned names of beautiful places in your country and have learned alot of beautiful things too.
Christians are strongly rooted in their culture and I can see that from you. It's a beautiful thing to always get closer to our faith wherever we are! God is the ultimate and it's by his grace we're healthy.
Awwww! You're always so unique and I love the togetherness. They say family is gold and I say it's more than gold and we should share memories that lingers for a lifetime because life is indeed like a vapor.
Thanks for sharing your favorite family activities with us. It has inspired me a whole lot dear.
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There is nobody but nobody on the whole of the Steemit platform who can write replies like yours!
You are truly amazing!! 👏🏻👏🏻
Thank you for your beautiful comments.
You have a lovely family
Awh thank you!
What I see in your sightseeing.... The word TOGETHER on which the four of you jumped from. "TO GE TH ER" ... Each of you took two letters, stood on them and jumped down from them. TO GE TH ER.
You did it together.
What a great experience!
Oh wow! i never thought about that! That is special!
Thank you for highlighting it out and for reading my post. It is appreciated!
I so much love this sight seeing you embark on. It is so amazing, doing this activities make life enjoyable, fun and interesting.
I love the name of this town johannesburg, I have not been there before but each time I come across the name I fell in love. Some day I visit the place to really appreciate it.
Together we stand. Thanks for sharing
Johannesburg is a city with so much culture. A city who buzz during the day but come to life at night. I'm sure you will love it!
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I will love to visit. Thanks for the compliment.
Sightseeing is very educative and exposes one to more knowledge. Imagine just on a day you got to know more about your city than your entire life. What if you didn't went on that short trip? 😊.
Best wishes ma
I can share one thing with you... we were dead tired after that trip! Exploring a city like Johannesburg in one day is a lot!
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Divan praying that the day will come to an end :-)
Hahahahah of course one must get tired and I'm sure Divan was so excited to join the trip but he was already praying half way for the day to be over. 😆 Oh kids.
Luckily I took them for a 2nd trip when he was older :-)
hola me encanto los lugares que visito ademas se aprende mucho, esos bellos paisajes de sudafrica son espectaculares, me gustaria algun dia poder viajar y conocer ese pais me encanta.
Me agrado su Reto de hoy y pues compartir con la familia es lo mas maravilloso que existe gracias a Dios por eso.
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South Africa is indeed a beautiful country and I can assure you that the people will welcome you with open arms should you ever come to visit 😊
We love sightseeing our own country. Even after all these years there are still a lot to be seen.