Winter in Dubai is glorious! We spend months cooped up in the summer when the temperature is so hot your internal organs are at risk of melting. It cools off in the autumn but not by a huge amount. It also gets humid which just makes it hot and sticky. Then, around the end of…
Tag: Holidays
Love in a Box!
On top of a wonderful (if rather alcohol saturated) day with my best friend, (explanation here) the lovely Ian came to join us and bought me a gift from The Counter, of which he is the co-owner! Amongst (is that a real word or did I just make it up?) a whole host of amazing…
The Foundry, Parktown, Johannesburg
Our final stop of the day was at a lovely and popular restaurant called The Foundry. I really liked this one! It reminded me of a really nice gastro pub in London that I can’t remember the name of…. only cheaper and with much friendlier staff! By this point we hadn’t eaten in about an…
Hudsons’ The Burger Joint, Parkhurst, Johannesburg
Or… Foodie Fun Day Stop 2! Thankfully it was a bit of a drive between 44 Stanley and Parkhurst, and we also started our second stop at the far end of Parkhurst. Well, it seemed the far end from where we came in! Hudsons’ The Burger Joint is famous for it’s burgers (funnily enough!), but…
Stanley Beer Yard, 44 Stanley, Johannesburg
Or, Foodie Fun Day Stop 1!! My friend Ian and I decided what we really needed was a afternoon of eating our way around Joburg. As you do. First stop was Stanley Beer Yard for some rather delicious sausages and craft beer! Joburg’s food scene is turning into hipster heaven, so naturally I had to go…
Harbour Rock, Hermanus
We had a bit of a lazy morning after Catharina De Bliquy’s private exhibition the night before. It had been a wonderful night (as you may have read here) but it was a late one and quite a drive home! We did decide a drive was in order though, and also somewhere new to explore….
Vergelegen, Somerset West
Tannie and I had a lovely girls’ afternoon today at the stunning vineyard, Vergelegen. Well, it’s not just a vineyard. It’s so much more! The estate is over 300yrs old and boasts the most beautiful grounds I think I have seen so far. (Grounds, not lake! That’s still the Stark Conde one!) It was always going…
Spice Route, Paarl
New day and a new set of eating and drinking to be done! Today’s first stop was the Spice Route. Set in the Paarl mountains. It was a bit of a mission to get to as they are digging up the one road that takes you there, but it was entirely worth it! Again, the…
La Motte, Franschhoek
We backtracked a little in order to have a look around a beautiful vineyard called La Motte. We had originally been heading there for breakfast, but apparently that’s only a weekend thing.
Sark-Condé, Stellenbosch
Next on our little wine tour was Sark-Condé, and was it ever worth the drive off the beaten path! We arrived sadly too late to do an actual wine tasting, but the lovely lady who was running the place invited us in for a glass of wine on the house, so we hadn’t driven all…
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