Gordon House

... at the train station. Now, who, you wonder, are Ona and Hennie?  They are the people we have rented the guest house from in Gordon's Bay.  And they are at the train station?  Seems so.  Was it expected?  Absolutely not.  ...

... Bay about 50 km from Cape Town to the south of the N2 (South Africa) national road and is named after Robert Jacob Gordon (1743-1795), the Dutch explorer of Scottish descent. Gordon's Bay is the smallest of three towns in the Helderberg region, so named ...

... that we are eating and times that we are preparing to eat. We noticed that a lot of the restaurant menues offer a dish called "Gordon Bleu" and I'm sure that you can guess what that is. Now we are off to one final Oradean restaurant with mixed feelings. ...

Day 11 - Gordon's Bay and Cape of Good Hope The early birds, Shinja, Alan and I got up and headed out to go shopping for the week,  Shinja had everything we needed listed and Alan and I just dutifully followed pushing the carts.  Shopping ...

... in the countryside near Ellon. Built in 1732 but considerably refurbished in 1880, the house is a combination of Georgian architecture with a Victorian interior. The Gordon family have lived at Haddo for over 400 years although the current occupant, ...

... is still alive and no, I won' t cook when I am back! Sorry! ;-) We thought it's just gonna be just us stayinga the house, but Elaine invited her son and his wife over as well, plus the Japanese student was still spending the night, so it was 7 people in ...

... We bought a couple of water colour paintings that should go well on our wall, when we get a wall that is...and the house that it's attached to.... A couple of nights ago we went to the Water Puppet Theatre which was quite good although the characters ...

... ;          A black and yellow was parked in front.  I said, “Gordon House.”                 “Hundred ...

 Arriving at the Gordon House Hotel I unpacked my stuff and settled into my room. Planning to adapt to the local time by staying up as late as possible I promoptly fell asleep. I woke early and tryied to look at the bright side - a 4am start meant it ...

... street to another apartment. I hear its because neighbors are sharing cable connections. I think it looks like the hallways at Gordon House! One last thing for today... I found Ricky Martin. He has been hiding out here since his career in ...

... with a style that differs from one’s own cultural sensibility; it works there for over a billion people.  “Patiala House” is reasonably enjoyable.  As one might imagine it’s hardly the first cricket film to come out of ...

... ;As I unpacked, techno dance music began to filter through the hallway into my room.  I assumed this was coming from the in-house disco in the basement.  I thought this was odd at three in the afternoon?  I’ve not a problem with this ...

... So I arranged a tour by taxi on Friday, I went to Chapatti beach, the Hanging Gardens, the dhobi ghat laundries, and to M.C.Ghandi's house. Had time to spare before my train left for Goa, so went to see Spiderman III in the cinema in Colaba! Can't wait ...

... ;you are really into castles!  Also many churches, cathedrals, and Abby's.  We enjoy photographing these beautiful places. Guide Hiring Gordon Cheape (yes his last name is really Cheape and do I every give him a bad time about it!), from G&C ...

... in. It was suprisingly fun. The kind of fun you have when you first find out mud is sqwishy.   I stayed at Gordon's house with him and his girlfriend Ciara. After a month of grotty hostels and fending for yourself it is nice to have ...

... having a game of water polo. The dogs were reluctant to get in the pool, but with a little encouragement from Dad and Gordon, they were soon splashing around! Paul was soon put to task as resident pool cleaner and bar tender... strawberry daquiries all ...

... the dog!).  Of course this started a conversation and ended up that there son lives in San Jose.  Small world. Gordon's favorite moment was when I thought the garbage truck was rolling down hill unattended.  When really the driver was on ...

... at the train station by our fabulous driver, Gordon Cheape (yes Rochelle his name is pronounced Cheap-I asked :)).  Gordon took us to the Violet Bank House, a 5 star B&B which is fabulous.  Glenn is spoiled since he doesn't have to cook ...

... to the nearby town of Bellingham for dinner and ate at Boss Tweed where many people seemed to know each other.  Gordon and my brother followed the grandpa car into town on his motorcycle and I was the one with Gordon on the ...