2017: A Happy New Year
As is my habit at this time of the year, I’ve been reflecting on my resolutions for 2016 and everything I want to accomplish for 2017. Embarrassingly, everything that was on my to-do list for […]
Wine and Cupcake Tasting at Delheim Wine Estate
On our way back to Cape Town from our recent quick visit to Hermanus, we stopped at Delheim Wine Estate. We’d heard that they do a wine and cupcake tasting experience, and since I can’t […]
Flashback Friday: Zanzibar Spice Tour
Cloves, nutmeg, cinnamon, coffee… These are all spices you’ll find in the kitchen cupboard, but do you know where they come from or what they taste like before they’re packaged and branded and sold in […]
A Quick Weekend in Hermanus
If you’ve been following along on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter, you’ll know that last weekend was our annual trip to Hermanus to go whale watching. It was what I like to call a blitzkrieg – we […]
A Day Trip to Robben Island
Seasick and swaying slightly from the rough crossing, we were hustled onto a bus the moment we set foot at the docks of the infamous Robben Island, with hardly any time to look at the […]
Flashback Friday: Malta’s Blue Lagoon
I have never seen water quite as blue as those at Comino Island in Malta. The Blue Lagoon might not be very creatively named, but it definitely is accurate. This is the kind of water to […]
Language Monument or Phallic Symbol?
The Afrikaans Language Monument just outside of Paarl in the Western Cape is impressive. It was designed with the intention of showing how fast Afrikaans, one of the world’s youngest languages, grew through the shape […]
The Gateway to Space Exhibition
When I was much younger I toyed with the idea of becoming an astronaut (I think this was right after my phase where I wanted to be a detective like Nancy Drew or the girl […]
Baby’s First Holiday
I finally know why all my friends with children had become boring. As it turns out, having a baby and a full-time job does not leave much room for anything else. Most evenings, after the […]
Flashback Friday: Hadrian’s Wall
Many years ago, on our first visit to Scotland, Gareth and I, along with my parents, visited Hadrian’s Wall. For those of you who don’t know, this ancient structure was built in 122 AD by the Romans […]