Travelling with DieBaasMan #2: Beautiful Graaff-Reinet
Welcome Dear Steemit friends.
I would like to take you all on a journey to yet another breathtaking South African destination, this time we will be visiting the "Beautiful Graaff-Reinet"
Overview of Graaff-Reneit
I would like to start our tour with some aerial shots taken from a hilltop overlooking this stunning little town in Eastern Cape, South Africa.
The little town of Graaff-Reneit was named after Governor Cornelis Jacob van de Graaff. The second part of the name comes from wife's maiden name which was Reinet.
Graaff-Reinet actually happens to be the fourth oldest town in South Africa
I order from Oldest to Newest:
- Cape Town
- Stellenbosch
- Swellendam
- Graaff-Reinet
Reinet House
A lovely photo of the Graaff-Reinet museum at the end of the Street, it is also known as "Reinet House".
The Graaff-Reinet Museum, used to be the Dutch Reformed Church house. It was built in 1812, it used to be home to a few ministers and by 1906 the building was being used as a boarding house. It was used to train girls to become teachers. The late Miss Helen Murray eventually named the house “Reinet House”.
John Rupert Theater
The building used to be home of the "Great London Church" and the later on also as the "United Congregational Church".
In 1969 the building was acquired and restored by Doctor Anton Rupert and eventually donated to the town Council of Graff-Reinet. The building is actually named after John Rupert, he was the father of Dr Anton Rupert.
The theater plays a great cultural role in the lifes of the citizens of Graaff-Reinet. The theater is being run by volunteers, who tries to show at least two films each month.
Pioneer Restaurant.
Is another gem of Graaff-Reinet this Restaurant is housed in a national monument which is part of the history of the town.
Some of their signature dishes include:
Lambs neck, Oxtail, Karoo Tjops, Bobotie & Baby Beef Bombay.
Below is a few street view shots of the old cape styled buildings.
SteemitWorldMap
To add your own travel post to the map, please check out the instruction post
by @steemitworldmap
!steemitworldmap -32.2486984 lat 24.4998304 long Travelling with DieBaasMan #2: Beautiful Graaff-Reinet d3scr
Edit: All these photos was taken with a Canon EOS 7D when I visited the beautiful Graaff-Reinet - And uploaded to my Imgur - Beautiful Graaff-Reinet album. Hope you enjoyed it.
Team South Africa banner designed by @bearone
Awesome photos @diebaasman, love Graafies especially the architecture. We had family who lived there for many many happy years, loved going there!
Thank you @lizelle , yeah we have some truly amazing place right here on South Africa to be proud of.
thanks for resteem..
Only a pleasure :)
nice photos @diebaasman
thank you for sharing
Nice photography!!
its cool!!
Thanks for Sharing! I had some delicious lamb chops there once!
Awesome photos love Graafies especially the architecture. We had family who lived there for many many happy years, loved going there!thanks for sharing.
thanks for the new blog. that is great and nice photography.
Wow it's a great photography!
i liked....../////
Congratulations, Your Post Has Been Added To The Steemit Worldmap!
Author link: http://steemitworldmap.com?author=diebaasman
Post link: http://steemitworldmap.com?post=travelling-with-diebaasman-2-beautiful-graaff-reinet
Want to have your post on the map too?
Add the following inside your post:
!steemitworldmap xxx lat yyy long description d3scr
(replace xxx and yyy with latitude and longitude)
This is a lovely post of South Africa. I've only been to Jo'burg once many years ago on business, and unfortunately didn't get to see much of the city.
Congratulations @diebaasman! You have completed some achievement on Steemit and have been rewarded with new badge(s) :
Click on any badge to view your own Board of Honor on SteemitBoard.
For more information about SteemitBoard, click here
If you no longer want to receive notifications, reply to this comment with the word
STOP