Picture-Perfect Hout Bay
Seagulls squawk overhead and the salty tang of an ocean breeze tints the air. Gareth and I are sitting at a seafood shop at the harbour in Hout Bay, one of the many small towns […]
Seagulls squawk overhead and the salty tang of an ocean breeze tints the air. Gareth and I are sitting at a seafood shop at the harbour in Hout Bay, one of the many small towns […]
“There it is! There’s the boomslang!” It’s not every day that I’m excited about a tree snake, and this day is no exception. The Boomslang is not some slippery cold thing with a forked tongue […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Whenever he gets the chance, Gareth drags me off to see cars on display. We visited the Ferrari museum while in Italy, which I found extremely boring (but who am I to come between a […]