We flew to Cape Town Friday, picked up the rental car at the airport, and drove to the winelands – Stellenbosch. It’s always a bit disorienting to drive on the left side of the road, but it will start to feel normal after a couple of more days (at least that was the case in Australia). We did fairly well navigating, but the maps we were given weren’t great. Just as we felt off course and decided to pull onto a side street to regroup, the guest house we were looking for was magically on the corner. They had one room left so we booked it.
We started Saturday at Lanzerac, an estate that’s been around since 1692. Old school. The formal entry:
Next up was Ernie Els. (He’s a golfer. A really good one.) Now, I might have spotted this among the many wineries here and given it a go, but it was actually recommended to us by the place we were staying. We got a cellar tour, and the wine was really quite good. And when given the chance to play some golf, of course I gave it a go. It’s a 30 yard pitch over a little water feature…
We finished at Guardian Peak with a late lunch. By the way, the wine here is really good and very reasonable. In fact, it’s cheap. We each grabbed a glass of wine before dinner yesterday, and the charge on my Visa translated to $4.12. For two decent glasses of wine.
On Sunday we drove about half an hour over to Franschhoek. It’s a gorgeous town set among mountain peaks. We started at Leopard’s Leap and continued to Moreson.
We’ll close with a nice evening shot from our walk to dinner.
