A Three-Day Break in Simonstown
Recently, after a couple of weeks playing tour guide for my dad and his partner, I spent three days at an Airbnb outside Simonstown. Simonstown (also known as Simon's Town), about 45 minutes southeast [...]
A Weekend in Greyton (and a bit of Malgas)
After our recent stay in Suurbraak, Thorsten and I had a weekend to kill in the Overberg before flying back to Joburg. We decided to spend two nights in Greyton, about 90 minutes from [...]
Suurbraak: Paradise in the Overberg
Thorsten and I recently spent three days in Suurbraak, a tiny town in South Africa's Overberg region. Thorsten (who is an architect) designed a holiday house there several years ago; now he's designing a [...]
Quirky South Africa, Part 3: The Garden Route
Read Quirky South Africa Part 1, about padstals, and Quirky South Africa Part 2, about Bethulie and the Gariep Dam. I was talking to some South African friends about my visit to the Garden [...]
Quirky South Africa, Part 1: Padstals of the Platteland
My mom came for a visit and the two of us took a weeklong road trip through the South African platteland (Afrikaans for countryside). We drove from Joburg to Bethulie, Bethulie to the Garden [...]
Eating Gatsbys in Salt River, Cape Town
CORRECTION: Since publishing this post yesterday, I have been informed by many angry members of the Gatsby Society Facebook group that Gatsbys are NOT sandwiches and should never, ever, under any circumstances, be referred [...]
How to Climb Table Mountain via Skeleton Gorge
I visited Cape Town for the first time more than 11 years ago, with my mother. During that trip, Mom and I attempted to climb Table Mountain in a hilariously foolish way -- I'll [...]
Return to De Hoop Nature Reserve
To finish off my Western Cape road trip (read about the earlier parts of the trip here, here, and here), Thorsten and I spent two days at the De Hoop Collection in a remote [...]
A Lazy Blog About Cape Agulhas, the Southern Tip of Africa
I've been wanting to visit Cape Agulhas since my first visit to Cape Town in 2011, when I took a day trip around the Cape Peninsula and learned that the Cape of Good Hope [...]
Astonishing Arniston
Thorsten and I spent two days in Arniston, a tiny seaside town about three hours southeast of Cape Town, as part of a mini Western Cape road trip to celebrate our anniversary. Our stay [...]
Wine Tasting Dos and Don’ts: Lessons From Noble Vice
As I've mentioned in previous posts, I really enjoy wine tasting in South Africa. I've done a few media visits to various South African wine regions over the years, and recently I've made an [...]
From the Beach to the Desert, Part 2: Oudtshoorn
After spending two days overlooking the beach in Plettenberg Bay (see part 1), our group of lady journalists took a quick hop over the Outeniqua Mountains to spend two days in the desert town [...]