Stellenbosch, South Africa Travel Blogs

Cape Town- Day 3
Aug 30, 2007

Cape Winelands

Magnolia Place - Stellenbosch Accomodation
Dec 13, 2009 (1 photos)

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Stellenbosch
Sep 26, 2008 (18 photos)

In the area of Stellenbosch, Western Cape, Sout Africa.

Mucho Vino
Dec 13, 2009 (7 photos)

... feel the need to open shops/restaurants/cafes etc on a Sunday rather than enjoy some downtime, as pretty much everything in Stellenbosch was closed. After a rather long afternoon of doing not a lot, we had dinner at the only restaurant open: the ...

Townshio tour - a long overdue entry
Jul 14, 2008

... and allowed to develop their own creative and design skills.  The tour guide was extremely knowledgeable about everything from pre-apathite South Africa to the modern day. I tried to ask as many questions as I could think of. I suppose one thing I ...

Stellenbosch: Wine Capital of South Africa
Dec 6, 2009 (15 photos)

... biking.  Though Sophie was a bit sore on the point, I was OK with the change. We took the Metro out to Stellenbosch, which was an interesting experience unto itself.  If you ask people, they would probably tell you never to take the Metro--I got ...

South Africa 2002
Oct 17, 2002 (2 photos)

Hi, we went to Stellenbosch which is the second-oldest town in South Africa (after Capetown) and one of the best preserved. This area is famous for it's winelands so we visited some wineries and drunk some wine. It's a rather small town so we stay here ...

Stellenbosch - the wine country
Mar 17, 2007 (5 photos)

We left Cape Town for a day to visit Stellenbosch, the heart of South Africa's wine region.  We spent two days touring the area including a trip to Franschhoek for lunch and wine tastings.  We stayed at the "Stumble-Inn" in Stellenbosch and had a ...

Stellenbosch
Jun 5, 2007

Stellenbosch

'Thelma & Louise' meets 'Sideways'....
Sep 2, 2008

... while I reminisce and flick through the album of this trip. We kept going and reached our adorable, adorable Caledon Villa in Stellenbosch town centre. Johan, the owner, sat us down and apologised he couldn't spend longer with us but he was expected ...

Let the games begin
Nov 11, 2007

... company we're flying with had some minor problems.... An engine fell off!!! here is what the paper wrote: CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) Nov.7 2007-- A plane carrying more than 100 people made an emergency landing in South Africa after an engine fell off ...

Winelands
Apr 30, 2008 (9 photos)

... "new era" of the government (they associate Africaans with the old government).  To me, I think that's terrible.  South Africa has 11 official languages, so obviously not everyone going to know English.  It just creates societal gaps and ...

Amazing Wine Festival in Stellenbosch !!!!
Aug 4, 2008 (59 photos)

... chess, or listening to vibrant African music under a traditional African hut and so much more! As reagrds to the fact that Stellenbosch is a huge student town, there where loads of students who came there. I also took a look at the university and it ...

More Pictures!
Mar 20, 2006

More pictures. More people than places. http://georgetown.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2012218&l=2ec86&id=1400620

Wine country
Mar 13, 2007 (9 photos)

You can't go to Cape Town and not visit the winelands.  There are so many phenomonal vineyards within a short drive.  We arranged for a driver which worked out great since we would have been incapable of driving ourselves after the first stop.  Needles to ...

Celebrate!
Aug 28, 2008

We have a little catching up to do. On Friday, Aug 22, Dave rose early to get to the airfield to meet "grandpa" (examiner was 80 yrs old!). A practical test that was more extensive than getting a Cdn private pilot's license. PASSED! There was great ...

The Forsaken
Aug 22, 2007

... , and 99% of the blacks live in the black township (Kayamandi). That is just the statistics for Stellenbosch, but the rest of South Africa closely resemble them. The townships are the most visible display of inequality and poverty. They are also called " ...