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Stellenbosch Wineland Tour
... from breezy & cloudy to blowing & pouring so our 45-minute poke through the streets and shops of Stellenbosch was cut short. Our driver, Kelly, and I talked about South African social and political life as we sped home through thickening rush hour traffic.
Still jet-lagged, we were sleeping by 6pm! We'd only touched breakfast today. Tomorrow is our final day including an anticipated tour of the Cape, the end of ...
Meeting up with the Family
... kids hugged the doorman.
That evening Diane and Phil came to the hotel with Diane's sister Debbie-Lynn, her husband Tony and their daughter Kimberly. It was fabulous to see them. We had quite a bit to catch up on so we stayed in the hotel and had a feast.
It was sad to have to say goodbye to Jamie the next day. The kids had had a brilliant time with him, especially Fynn. In fact they were like Siamese twins the whole trip, ...
Cape Town, South Africa!
... It is truly fascinating and disconcerting to feel at home in these locations that we are so desperately from which trying to disconnect. I guess subconsciously I knew I would be lured into this Western culture, because much of what I signed up for in South Africa forced me to get out of my comfort zone.
However, I did manage to fit many super-tourist destinations into the rest of this port as well. The first of which was ...
Madagascar....the Final Chapter
... on offer! Apparently after spending 3 months eating nothing but rice and beans the fantasy of eating something different is just that, a fantasy. In reality there was too much choice and everything was so processed and weird but I settled for a Greek salad from South Africa’s answer to M&S and my appetite made a raging reappearance!
Everything was going pretty smoothly and I was heading to board my flight, trying to carrying my hand luggage and make it look ...
FROM BUD'S TO BABOTIE
... yellow rice. It was rich and delicious! Este also fried us pumpkin fritters (little pancakes).
On my last night in Cape Town, Estee prepared "chicken a la king". This recipe called for her to grill onions, orange peppers, red peppers, mushrooms, and chicken together. She made this creamy, with ... cream. And we ate it over rice. Estee - who told stories about her Afrikaner ancestors being kept in British concentration camps, ...
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