There is something magical about seeing wildlife up close. I don’t think when we set out for a much needed weekend away to Yzerfontein (after a surprising week) that we ever expected to have zebras within a few metres of us. This is not the kind of textbook travel experience you anticipate when you pack your bags and take to […]
In early October of 2014, I had my first real acquaintance with the beautiful, picturesque town of Paarl, apparently the third oldest town and former European settlement in South Africa (after Cape Town and Stellenbosch) and the largest of the Cape Wineland towns. Translated from Afrikaans, Paarl means ‘pearl’ and though its name is drawn from its well-known, unique granite […]
