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Last days in glorious South Africa
1. Petted cheetahs. 2. Drove on left side of the road through beautiful, mountainous, wine country. 3. Wine tasting / cheese tasting. 4. Best oysters Aidess has ever had (yet). 5. Stayed in awesome Plumwood Inn. 6. Tonight had stale bread, chocolate, powdery apples, awesome Sauvignon Blanc for dinner. 7. Stayed in ratty hotel by airport before departure tomorrow morning.
From Cape of Good Hope to land of good wine
... to me to have a lot of comic potential. Although it was a shame we didn’t come across any such capers, baboons are also known to attack and damage cars as well as opening unlocked car doors when the owner’s back is turned, so at least the Citroen wasn’t put in harm’s way. Incidentally we’ve decided to name the car Grace as this is the closest female name to Great White Shark that we could come up with.
We took the funicular railway up to ...
Back Online ! Fun in Franschhoek!
... details to describe here. I know it sounds weird, but we both felt the meal could have done with a bit more potato, chips, or rice! The wine was great, and it was interesting to see how well each wine went with each course.
Had a nice relaxing day on Saturday, just visiting the Huguenot Monument and spending loads of 'virtual money' doing pretend shopping in all the art and artefact shops. Some very nice pieces of art to be bought here, but ...
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... I woke up it was getting dark out, which is a strange sensation, and I felt like I could have just slept straight through to the next morning. But of course an adventure was beckoning, as we had finally made reservations for a widely acclaimed Lebanese restaurant. The food was DELICIOUS and we had a lovely evening. I had something involving cheese, bread, tomatoes, avocado, and a delicious sauce. I only ate about half of it and was still stuffed!
This weekend I planned on ...
More African wildlife...(ostriches!)
... really have teeth, but they are quite aggressive and I screamed the whole time I was feeding them! I have a video of this which is particularly hilarious, but I’m not sure if it’ll upload. Look for it in this blog entry, and if it’s not there you’ll have to just use your imagination. Also I'm posting a bunch of pictures to this entry, so be sure to check out them all...some may be at the bottom of the page.
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