Spier Stellenbosch

Busy day. We decided to head down to the Cape of Good Hope. We drove past the beautiful Clifton beaches and Camps Bay then down to Chapman's Peak Drive.

The toll route is spectacular - stunning views of Hoeks Bay all the way. The place names made me giggle - Llandudno and Scarborough, without a static in sight and no knickerbocker glories …

Very emotional day today..

We said farewell to the care workers whom we have worked so closely with the past couple weeks and have grown to love. We got there and Corey wanted to make a quick stop at one of his old patients houses to put a lock on her door because she didn't have one. While we were waiting for them, we hung out in the …

We're heading into South Africas winelands. The area around Ashton and Robertson has many fine wineyards and sees fewer tourists than those around Stellenbosch. Many students in Stellenbosch used to do free wine tasting at the wineries to get drunk on weekends. Consequently most wineries there now charge a fee for tasting. Around Ashton and …

... Le Bonheur is the next one: they only have 4 kinds, all white. Villera is next, where Broekske buys port for her brother. Spier looks a bit like Disney land. Still: more buying. We have lunch here with ... a bottle of wine of course and liar ...

... golfing holiday ... this time there is great excitment as a protest takes place at the entrance ... for fair treatment of employees ... Stellenbosch has become a much more corwded and noisy place since I've last been here ... We head to Spier where we ...

... had together which was brilliant. Saying goodbye was horrible as we don't know when we will see each other again.   South Africa has been an unforgettable time for me, an opportunity to spend some quality time with family that I haven't seen ...

... , Monterey and South Florida (yes non-believers, tropical wine) and now the believers are making the pilgrimage to South Africa's Wine Country and Stellenbosch in particular. As we mentioned, Gordon's Bay was the center of our little world.  A ...

... apologised profusely and he was even kind enough to drop me at the Cat & Moose before he took the others back to Stellenbosch. After a quick consultation with the nice old guy in the Cat & Moose, he booke dmy shark-cage diving for ...

We had a great time in Stellenbosch. Good wine, good food, good people.....what more could you ask for? We had a chance to go to a few of the wineries, but certainly not as many as we would have like to go to. Time certainly flies when you're having a ...

... should be run and how to deal with customers. That’s two thumbs up for my first two properties. I head out of Stellenbosch and on to Spier vineyard and hotel. It is huge! So much on this site – vineyard, hotel, 5 restaurants, concert area, ...

... goed en één bad per dag vind ik voldoende voor de kinderen. Na een lekker ontbijtje en rijp beraad zijn we naar Spier gegaan.Dat het een groot wijndomein is , is natuurlijk volledig toevallig. Dat er een Cheetah beschermingscentrum is niet. Grootouders ...

... the efficiency and treatment in South Africa. After a quick stop at the US Embassy, Chico headed to Stellenbosch, the wine country of South Africa. We went to four different wineries in different regions of Stellenbosch. Our first stop was Welmoed. Just ...

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2013   Yet another day of R & R for the Larocque family in South Africa. Here's a short recap of our day:   - As a family, we choose to sleep in. The waking hour is 9am; this is great when Sébastien is ...