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    Freedom Day: A Visit to the Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town (Part 3 of 3)

    10 December 2021 - By 

    Freedom Day Visit to the Castle of Good Hope: In Closing A few years ago, I was fortunate enough to visit Cape Town’s own castle, the Castle of Good Hope. In my three-part post series, I reflect on my Freedom Day visit. To read Part 1 of my visit, please see here – and Part 2 here. Just after 11:00 am, our English tour group gathered around our great, rather humourous tour guide at the entrance to the Inner Archway. He started asking random people where we were from. (I would hazard a guess that there were around 40-45 of us on…

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    The Enchanting Stellenberg Open Gardens, Cape Town

    17 November 2019 - By 

    Stellenberg Open Gardens, Cape Town is an annual garden affair of note. This special occasion is held once a year to support a wonderful, charitable cause. And with its unique history, natural beauty and Cape charm, it draws garden lovers and history aficionados in droves. This year, the Stellenberg Open Gardens fell on 9 and 10 November and my good friend and I were fortunate enough to experience Day One. It was, by all accounts, a lovely day trip; one that we relished immensely. For this post, I will share insight into the garden and its many different sections and…

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    Travel Review: Simon’s Town – S.A.’s Naval ‘Port of Call’

    30 May 2017 - By 

    In early October 2014, I first had the pleasure of travelling to Simon’s Town, which is about an hour or so from Cape Town, depending on traffic and which route you take to get there. This historic naval town has a rich, multi-cultural history and offers visitors some wonderful travel opportunities, all of which are within close proximity to the town. These most notably include the internationally famous trio: the fiercely wild Cape Point, Cape of Good Hope and the tantalizingly beautiful Boulders Beach. Although that was my first visit to the town (and it was pretty much love at…

  • Paradise Found at Wine Estate and Working Farm, Babylonstoren

    1 May 2017 - By 

    It’s not often that I get to finally check a place off my travel bucket list, for it is, admittedly, something of an ever-expanding, ravenous beast (which I will one day cut down to a manageable size…) – but this past Easter Monday, I was able to do just that when I visited Babylonstoren… where, just outside Franschhoek, paradise was well and truly found. Easter is always a special time of year for me, when family and the most poignant example of loving sacrifice take centre stage in my heart, and this year I really wanted to make it even…