A new era for Avontuur Estate
2021-06-18
Owned by the Taberer family since 1984, the property has recently undergone impressive renovations. Apart from its wines and horses, Avontuur is now also a spectacular wedding and events venue.
Taste travelling to Bordeaux
2021-05-14
“If you can’t travel with your body, at least travel with your senses,” goes the saying, and it’s a very apt expression for the times we currently live in.
Exploring Treasure Isle (Reunion Island)
2020-04-28
“The greatest sadness of all is to forget how to play” is a quote I have long admired. Determined to keep my playful spirit alive and well I arrived on Reunion Island with nothing before me except a whole Pandora’s Box of adventures to unpack. For a few days of carefree fun this island seemed like just the ticket.
How to spend a day in the Chianti Hills
2019-09-25
With sweat dripping down our faces, we catch the bus by a split second. We’re not too sure yet if it is, in fact, the correct bus, but we keep our fingers crossed. I’m trusting that my basic Italiano will not fail us today on this mission.
Around the South African Table at Leopard’s Leap
2018-12-17
Food is a big part of travel and relationship: once you have shared a local meal with someone in a place other than your hometown, you instantly have a deeper connection.
Do you know of a place you can go to do as little as possible?
2018-10-12
Formerly, these huts were reserved for hardened diamond divers, employed to scour the ocean floor when conditions allowed or simply roll over and head back to bed when the howling monster of the west wind tormented these seas.
Of berets and baguettes
2018-07-27
French flags adorn the buildings and the classic French beret makes a fashionable come-back – donned by all who roam the streets.
The Beauty of Beaverlac
2016-09-15
As I start unwinding from the drive and week, I get a fuzzy, contented feeling and begin to wonder what stories might have been shared around this fire place.