Franschhoek Wine is a passport to the world – Thom Elkjer The annual Franschhoek Bastille Festival happened last weekend. At many places in this unique town, locals and visitors joined in the revelry, waiters and shop assistants wore berets and celebrations continued. It’s an interesting history,… Read More »TRAVEL
Change “Change is the law of life and those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future” – John F.Kennedy Things change. We have always made a point to re-visit the people we miss in places where we’ve lived. And part… Read More »TRAVEL
Travelling by train Responsible travel is the journey. Sustainable travel is the destination – Nombulelo Mkefa There’s more and more talk of sustainable travel. It’s something that we all need to think about. Taking the train is the most environmentally friendly way of travelling (apart… Read More »TRAVEL
Napoli He who doesn’t love Naples, has yet to learn how to love life” – Anonymous This traveller’s tale begins in 1993, on a ‘girls trip’ to Tuscany. We hired a rural farmhouse for a month, our base to go to Florence, Pisa… Read More »TRAVEL
Iberia This was our first experience of flying with Iberia. We chose the airline as their schedule best suited our needs. We had hoped that for our transit time, we would enjoy glasses of Cava on the way to our departure gate. I was looking forward to… Read More »TRAVEL
Torino “Piano, piano” I’ve wanted to visit Turin for what feels like forever. This northern Italian city, is the capital of Piedmont. Turin is also the home of SLOW. Have you heard of the SLOW movement? Slow Food was started by Carlo Petrini and a… Read More »SLOW
DXB يمكن للمال جلب العروس Money can fetch the bride (money can make anything in life come true) A month of travel ended here, in Dubai. DXB has been our transit stop for so long now. The emirate is strangely familiar and unfamiliar to us, all… Read More »TRAVEL
Sri Lanka Sustainable development is the peace policy of the future – Dr. Klaus Topfer We recently travelled to Sri Lanka. We’ve visited the island several times now. It was our chosen destination for our Honeymoon. And it’s a place that we’ve always enjoyed; the heat,… Read More »TRAVEL
Reflecting on a year of travel Nkosi sikelel’ Afrika Over the last 20 years we have had the privilege of living in Zambia, Kenya and South Africa, as well as travelling in countless other sub-Saharan countries. I don’t want to generalise about 54 countries that make… Read More »TRAVEL
Vintage I love everything that’s old: old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine.” -Oliver Goldsmith We’ve had two road trips in recent weeks, both to big wine events. The first trip took us to Simonsig Wine Estate, a family-owned farm, the home of Kaapse Vonkel, South Africaʼs… Read More »TRAVEL