Category: My blog
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Franshhoek wine tram
Time to leave Camps Bay and move on to Franshhoek, but we will be returning to CB when we fly to Durban in a week or so’s time. Franshhoek is a small town in the wine region of the Cape. Franshhoek means French Corner but it looks more Dutch than French. It is ridiculously picturesque…
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Walking Table Mountain
We nearly didn’t do it. We can see Table Mountain from our apartment and the clouds hanging around at the summit didn’t look promising. Also, we were both thick-headed from the previous night and the thought of dragging ourselves 650m up a very steep path didn’t appeal. Naturally we each pretended we were fine but…
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Drive to Cape of Good Hope and back
A friend recommended driving along the Cape Peninsula so that is what we did. The coastal road heading towards The Cape of Good Hope is stunning. You have to pay a toll when you get to a place called Chapman’s Peak and from there you drive through Hout’s Bay and a few other little seaside…
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Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Capetown
The botanical gardens came highly recommended, so we decided to make this our first Capetown stop along with a visit to the V&A Waterfront. We also needed to grab a few food supplies too. A 15 minute drive from Camps Bay took us to the botanical gardens car park. So far, I’m very impressed with…
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Arrival in Camps Bay
Camps Bay is a suburb of Capetown, just 15 minutes drive from downtown. It was a toss-up between staying in Camps Bay and the V and A waterfront. We preferred the accommodation in CB so here we are. At first, we thought we’d made a mistake staying here because there was a mix-up with our…
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Into Africa
I have never wanted to go to South Africa. Anything I have ever read or seen about It portrays the country as one giant basket case, full of horrible crimes, corrupt governments and inequality. However S has been very keen to go and everyone I have spoken to (apart from people who have actually lived…
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Day 30. Arc-en-Barrois/Calais/Home
I was in two minds as to whether to write about our last trip day. Usually it’s just a day of tedium – long drive, queue at the port, get on ferry, drive home: done. But not today. First of all, Steve found a spider in his ear. Ok, it wasn’t huge but it was…
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Day 28. Annecy
Today started with a trip to Semnoz due to a recommendation from Marc, who owns the house we are staying in. He says the views are fantastic and on a clear day you can see Mont Blanc. It’s a 25 minute drive from Seynod along a steep and torturous road. We saw many cyclists with…
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Day 27. Verduno/Annecy
There was a power cut this morning so Salvatore was a bit distracted and didn’t bother checking the apartment, he just handed over our deposit. Phew! I think everything was shipshape, but you never know. We were sad to leave the area but it’s on the list for a return visit – plenty more to…
Middle-aged flash packers 