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Wine-Tasting Party
I love organising and hosting parties, dinners, and get-togethers, be it a Thanksgiving eat-a-thon, dinner for four or eight, surprise birthdays, potlucks, pre-Marathon pasta feed, picnics…whatever you name it. If anything it gives…
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Drinking Bordeaux…in Bordeaux
Having spent last month tasting wines of the New World (South Africa), we thought it would be fun to take a little wine trip to the Old World, that is, to the world-renowned…
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Election 2010: A New Government for Britain?
As the campaign trail heats up during this final week and people head to the polls on Thursday, the buzz in London has turned away from the annoying and unpronounceable volcano in Iceland…
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An Epilogue: South Africa Revisited
After spending only a few minutes in South Africa, a few things become apparent very quickly. The first thing you notice is how absolutely stunning the country is. I hope that in reading…
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Brighton Redux
We’ve been having amazing spring weather the past two weekends! Londoners have come out of their winter hibernation, shedding layers, sporting new macintosh jackets (no, not the computers, but the classic trench coat),…
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Cape Peninsula & Robben Island
We spent the rest of Saturday afternoon driving along the Cape Peninsula starting from Constantia through Muizenberg (where we spent the day just a few days before) and ending in Camps Bay via…
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Exploring the Winelands & Constantia
People say that Cape Town is a lot like San Francisco, but I would argue that Cape Town and the Cape Peninsula including the Winelands is like a mini-California neatly compacted within an…
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City Bowl & Camps Bay
Having been in the ‘Mother City’ for three days, we still haven’t properly explored City Bowl other than Kloof Street (x2) to get up to Lion’s Head and Table Mountain, Company’s Garden, Long…
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Beach-hopping along False Bay
On Tuesday, we spent the entire day out in False Bay on the eastern side of the Cape Peninsula. The train ride from Cape Town to Simon’s Town took about an hour in…
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Hiking Lion’s Head and Table Mountain
Cape Town and the Cape Peninsula is absolutely stunning. Fondly known as the ‘Mother City’ for being the oldest South African city, Cape Town is situated on one of the most spectacular locations…
