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Stellenbosch Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Stellenbosch, South Africa
Brandy Tasting in Stellenbosch
On our second to last day in South Africa, we finally to head to Stellenbosch, the equivalent of Napa in California. Stellenbosch is also home to a university so it is not only an upper-middle class wine-tasting region, but it's also a place for ...
Goodbyes to Manenberg & African Dining
Just as I suspected, today was extremely hard. We went to Manenberg this morning to have our going away party despite the recent events there. Today seemed a bit more active when we arrived which made me feel better. However the inevitable is coming, ...
BOSH!
... Estate is a must. I'll meander out to the coast again for my Garden route adventure. 27th, 28th February 2011 Stellenbosch to Mossel Bay I took my last few hours of beautiful wineland air and rolling vineyard scenery before heading towards the edge ...
Stunning Stellenbosch
Dear all Been in Stellenbosch for a couple of days now, but don't start any of my programs until next week. The town it's self though is absolutely beautiful. I'm surrounded by huge mountains that run from Table mountain in Cape town ...
Camino de Santiago
Hasie; Camino de Santiago is waarskynlik die grootste besluit wat ek nog in my lewe geneem het, maar moet ek byvoeg het dit oor tyd van 'n vakansie idee na iets dieper verander. Ek het begin lees, Google en praat en het die inligting, wat aanvanklik ...
Beautiful Vineyards
Stellenbosch, in the heart of the wine country, Cape Town. Founded in 1679 by the Dutch, Hugenot refugees settled here in this fertile valley, irrigated and planted vineyards. We're off to Fairview ...
Einde van 2012
Dit was in baie opsigte ñ lang jaar, dit was ñ harde jaar, ñ jaar met sy eie beproewings. Maar tog ñ jaar wat in baie opsigte met my gepraat en aan my gevorm het, nee asb. moet nie aanvaar ek is 100%25 nie, inteendeel, daar is nog so ...
She's FINALLY here!
... book donations for our library. After this trip had been booked, we discovered that my roommate, Kerry, would finally be arriving in South Africa in Cape Town, so our trip was now dually purposed to pick her up and take her to our meetings with us, so ...
White South Africa
... , Helvetica, at the Labia, an independent theater here (named for Count Labia, an Italian philanthropist, I think, who lived in South Africa for a while, I think). It was interesting, but I wanted to hear more comparison with other typefaces. ...
Een beetje Nederland
... Oom Samie se winkel, een leuk ouderwets winkeltje, het dorpsmuseum, kerkje, de botanische tuin en natuurlijk winkelen. Alle huizen in Stellenbosch zijn wit gekleurd en dat geeft een heel mooi plaatje. Na Kaapstad een verademing om je weer wat veiliger op ...
finaly on to south africa
... really funny. we crossed the border in to south africa,it was as if we left africa that day,the difference is unreal.south africa is so westernised its not what i was expecting. spent 2 nights in stellenbosch, the first day me and lucy ...
More of the Beginning
... the world. You hear stories like this quite often. The man owned a restaurant in San Francisco and decided to travel South Africa and the neighboring countries. The woman was South African and had been in the States taking care of funeral arrangements ...
Sand, sand and more SAND!
Namibia started with 2 long days in the truck and a couple of bush camps. But it was all worth it when we arrived at Etosha National Park. We were allowed to drive through the park in Fanny (our truck) so had great views of the animals. The best bits ...
Prepping for the trip
I'm leaving on my trip in one week's time and have started choosing and preparing the clothes I'm taking with. Of course the bulk of it consists of my ethnic Maya and African outfits (my favourite wear) and who cares if it isn't smart ...
Diner in Spier bij restaurant Moyo
Foto's van het diner in het traditionele Zuid-Afrikaanse restaurant ...
Summing up
... parts, making it harder to integrate and move forward. But barring a Mugabean turn for the worse, there is hope that a better South Africa may emerge. Postscript in the wake of the Pistorius case: In the Toronto Globe and Mail this week (20 Feb ...
Good Bye Cape Town! Hello Stellenbosch...
... . Und zwar mit einem weinendem und einem lachenden Auge.. Nun beginnt unsere Rundreise. Gegen 10.30 fuhren wir nach Stellenbosch. => Erster Halt; das wunderschöne "SPIER" Weingut. Nach einer Umfangreichen Weinverkostung ging es dann sehr sehr relaxt ...
vino de calapso
10:30 am our wine tour begins yeeehaaw!!Our first stop is at a vineyard/winery called Simonsig there we are first given a tour of the winery and our guide explains to us basically everything and anything about wine. I think I learnt 100% of my knowledge ...
In the heart of the Wine Lands
... a swim, very refreshing after our flight. We have lunch on the terrace bar and prepare for our afternoon trip to Stellenbosch We take a walk around the historic buildings that surround the green in the centre of town. Stellenbosh has ...
Voorbereiding: Geestelike en ligaamlik.
Ons Stap elke aand as ons kan en elke tweede aand stap ons die bergroete en dra ek nou ook my rugsak. Zeus geniet dit natuurlik gate uit want hy kry kans om te hardloop en te ondersoek en nuwe maats te ontmoet. Almal is sy maats wat hy op die roete ...
FOOD
For starters, I skyped me dear friend Amy Bauer today!! Her video was not working so she got to see me, but I couldn't see her.. however, it was great to hear her voice and a voicemail that I left her a couple of weeks ago! haha For dinner a group of ...
Last day of holiday - lets go wine tasting :-)
... slipping under the bar. We took an instant like to him !!!! It turns out the two male bar staff were University Students (Stellenbosch Uni) and were working now through the end of the summer in preparation for going to France in Sept. as semi-professional ...
Mmm...wine.
... and enjoy a terrific lunch of soup, sandwiches and wine, at Traumerei Coffee Shop & Restaurant. After lunch, we toured Stellenbosch, which is a university town with an traditionally Afrikaans university, including a brief stop at the Oom Samie se ...
This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine
... cool friends who he went through a cave, jumped of a dam and walked up a valley one night the last time he was in South Africa. Zac is a passionate evangelist and Waseem wasn’t a Christian at the time but was a flipping good laugh! Anyway, since the ...
My Gabonese Husbands
... me over. They had three huge bottles of wine and demanded that I help them drink them. I love the fact that I'm in South Africa and I'm learning about the Gabonese culture. It's such a beautiful culture! The people are so friendly and open to outsiders. ...
Wine tasting and touching Cape Town
... at Table Mountain and Cape Town! Wow! It felt so close now! We then headed to Somerset West and then north to Stellenbosch and the Blauklipper Wine Estate for wine tasting (which I skilfully avoided)! Then we headed to our final campsite but had to ...
My South African Friend
... town called Victoria West. That night was the first of many nights we spent drinking wine, listening to music, and talking about Stellenbosch and Wisconsin and everything in between. He is one of the most amazing people I have ever met because he is so ...