Yesterday evening we were invited by Southern Sun to go see the Phantom of the Opera. We started off with drinks and snacks at the Southern Sun Waterfront. Only last week I went to this hotel for the first time. Since my appointment as an Associate with www.helmsbriscoe.com I have to know a lot of [...]
It’s been a loooong time since I wrote my last blog. Jeez, I really was completely out of it. I’ve just been very busy setting up a new business and before that I was traveling extensively. I still owe you a blog on my trip through Swaziland and Mozambique but I can’t promise when that [...]
I’ve just spend 2 nights in the stunning Leshiba Wilderness Reserve in the Soutpansberge in the Limpopo Province. It take a bit of effort to get there but it’s really worth the drive. From Jo’burg it’s about 5 hours up the N1 past Polokwane and Louis Trichardt. The last bit is a hectic dirt road [...]
By now I REALLY should have written a blog about the awesome short trip we did up the Garden Route and the Karoo but you know what, 1 picture says more than 1000 words so please have a look at the photos on Facebook. Waiting for the Meerkat family to wake up..SO CUTE!! Many [...]
On the 25th of July I made a booking for the 20th of August to have lunch at Babylonstoren in the Cape Wine lands. For w-ends you would need to book 3 to 4 weeks in advance. I had never experienced this before in any restaurant in Cape Town or the wine lands. Expectations were [...]
What I love about my life as an entrepreneur is the fact that I’m allowed to be curious all the time. I never realized that I enjoy being ‘curious’ until I moved to South Africa and became a professional Tour Designer. I just LOOOOVE to walk into a place and ask if I ‘may have [...]
NOTE: I don’t like writing negative blogs.. I find it very difficult. But I do feel that this time, I’m obliged to write about my experience because I think it’s such a pity that such awesome premises just don’t get anything right. We felt we had ended up in an episode of ‘Fawlty Towers’. Santé [...]
Doesn’t this look delicious? Some time ago I was supposed to have a morning meeting at Haas Coffee. Because I work from home it’s nice to have all my meetings outside and try new and interesting places. The person didn’t show up for the meeting but I still decided to order a flat white and [...]
Last week Saturday, 1 of those incredibly beautiful days that we seemed to be spoiled with this Cape Winter, we ended up having a late lunch at Salt at the Ambassador Hotel in Bantry Bay, Cape Town. I’ve had lunch here before and it was absolutely divine. This time we had a weird experience which [...]
Just a short and sweet blog about my breakfast experience last Saturday at Superette, about 500 meters down the road from the biscuit mill market in Woodstock. I felt like I was in Amsterdam again. That’s what the place looks like. All very relaxed and chilled, fresh produce and lots of artie designer details. I [...]
Yes, we have ANOTHER culinary highlight in Cape Town. It’s a bit tucked away in the Waterfront but once you have found it, I’m sure you want to keep coming back. Dash is situated in the 35-bedroom Queen Victoria Hotel, behind the Commodore Hotel. I made a booking for last Friday night at 7pm. I [...]
Yesterday was one of those days that you’re not really looking forward to. There would be no electricity in my building because of maintenance reasons so I decided to do all those queue-ing things that don’t make you happy: queue at the post office to re-direct mail because the Green Point post office is suddenly [...]
Sometimes you do things and while doing them you wonder: What was I thinking? This is way to challenging for me. However, afterwards you feel exhausted but very pleased that you did it. Last Sunday I hiked Myburgh Waterfall Ravine for the 2nd time. When I hiked it the first time, I was quite fit. [...]
Not sure if this makes an interesting subject for a blog but hey, that’s up for you to decide. Today my building is without electricity because of maintenance. My car is in repairs as well. So this morning, after dropping off my car at the garage I first went to Café Neo in Mouille Point. [...]
Last Saturday it was such AWESOME weather in Cape Town so I decided it would be nice to drive around the Cape Peninsula and look at all the beautiful scenery. A friend of mine had just moved from Jo’burg to Cape Town and she had never been to Cape Point and dreamed of seeing the [...]
We enjoyed the most awesome weekend! It was sunny and warm, back-to-t-shirt weather. So we thought it would be the perfect opportunity to hit the wine lands again. It’s only about half an hours drive from Cape Town and then you’re already in either the Paarl or Stellenbosch region. Add another half hour and then [...]
It’s not often that one is impressed with nearly everything in a restaurant but yesterday we were. Wow!! What’s On Eatery, situated in a little side street between Bree & Loop Street certainly knows how to get things right. First of all the interior is beautiful without being too fancy, posh or over the top [...]
Last weekend we were invited to come and stay at Welgelegen Guesthouse, just off Kloof Street here in Cape Town. I had already sent guests there a few months ago and they’d all been very happy. First of all, the location of the guesthouse is perfect. It’s situated in a quiet cul-de-sac. Kloof street is [...]
1 of the most beautiful beaches in the world, Camps Bay Beach with Lion’s Head as a backdrop. Jessy will show you many more beautiful spots in South Africa as well as practical travel tips. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to [...]
I just got back from an 11 day discovery of Madagascar. I’m not really sure how to summarize this trip but it had nothing to do with the local ‘mora mora’ which is Malagasy for ‘relax, no hurry’. It was a fam trip. For those not working in the tourism industry, fam trip is short [...]
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