Have you visited the ‘Italian Church’ in Knysna? A mate unexpectedly took me and a pizza for a rainy ride to the Gouna Forest where I saw that beautiful building for the first time. Established in 1892, it was called the San Ambroso Church but has been renamed the San Ambroso Chapel Museum. The Italians silk-farming intentions (mentioned in Daleen Matthee’s book, The Mulberry Forest) may have failed but it’s wonderful to still have part of their pioneering history with us. Rain made the forest wonderfully mysterious and further added … Read the full article…