Franschoek

A little road trip to the Cape and back

Paarl Franschoek Airport Hotel Africa Cafe for ...

Up fairly early and fed fish.  I put Bonnie out for the day (it was a lovely sunny day so did not need to leave the bedroom door open for her) Mike picked me up about 9:15 and we set off for the Winelands tour.  It was an absolutely lovely day ...

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... a day? Or a week? My visit to the region surrounding Capetown without a visit to the infamous wine growing regions of Stellenbosch, Franschoek and Paarle. Of the 7 days that I stayed at Roger and James' place in Somerset West, I spent nearly 3 full ...

After a short stay in Langebaan we planned to stop off and see another old friend in Franschhoek. Pierre and I first met in Langebaan, strangely enough at the same Raft race I met Nigel. Pierre would often spend weekends in Langebaan as he is keen ...

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, ...

Hi all, Stayed last night in a small town in the winelands named Montagu. Had travelled all day across the Klein Karoo which is a mountainous, baron landscape. Stayed in a period hotel last night which was a nice change. We were waiting for Miss Marple ...

Today we visited two of South Africa's finest wine producing areas: the Franschhoek and the Stellenbosch valleys.The Cape region benefits from a Mediterranean climate which is ideal for wine production whereas most of South Africa is sub-tropical.  ...

Small little beautiful piece of paradise.  We were greeted warmly after a very late arrival.  It was a long drive from Plett Bay.  We had a few drinks and ate creme brulee - they leave creme brulee next to your pillow in the evening when ...

Relais & ...

Hello again. I've had 4 nights in Capetown and one in the Franschoek winelands now. All the training is over at last and now we get to relax a bit more and get out to see more of Africa instead of hearing all about it in a conference room. It's been ...