An unabashed tourist and her family explore the world one holiday at a time.
One of my new year’s resolutions for 2017 is to read all of Shakespeare’s plays, something I’ve been meaning to do for ages. Although I’ve read quite a few of them over the years, mostly for university assignments, I think it’s about time I should fill in the blanks of the plays I haven’t read yet. So, on 1 January...
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 that dot the Cape Peninsula just outside of Cape Town. This is surely one of the most picturesque of them and just sitting here makes...
The year is 2001 and I’m posing for a photo in front of Château de Chenonceau wearing a t-shirt with the slogan “I will not kiss the boys”. Unknown to me at the time, this shirt is strangely appropriate, since Chenonceau, also known as the Castle of the Ladies, had been the residence of many influential women over the centuries...
“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 come to haunt my waking hours, but rather the name of the tree canopy walkway at Kirstenbosch Gardens, Cape Town’s botanical gardens situated at the...
There’s something undeniably sad about a travel blogger who doesn’t travel. Sure, I have a lifetime of memories and have done my fair share of travelling over the years, but memories can only keep you going for so long. There comes a time when reminiscing just won’t do anymore. It’s time to get out there and go exploring again. Easier...
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 this past year is also on my list for next year. In my defence I’ll state that it’s quite difficult to get anything done with...
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 say no to a cupcake, we had to go try it out. The estate is situated on a farm just outside of Stellenbosch. Scenic countryside...
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 the supermarket? Neither did I, which is why I found the spice tour we took around a plantation in Zanzibar intriguing. We had two local...
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 flew in on the Saturday morning and out again on Sunday evening. Short and sweet. What’s more, it was baby’s first trip on a plane, and...
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 series of placards explaining the former prison island’s history. Apparently we weren’t going to get a chance to explore by ourselves. Was this intentionally so...