Wine Tasting at Boschendal

  Yesterday was ridiculously hot, and after a really short trip to the mall where I decided that the ridiculously long line at the bank that it was not worth standing in the mall. So, we decided to head for Boschendal Wine Farm. It is, in my opinion, one of the most beautiful wine farms, with…

Stellenbosch Slow Food Market

Today was such a beautiful day that we decided to go up to the Stellenbosch Slow Food Market at Oude Libertas, in Stellenbosch. This market is on every Saturday, and has food, drinks, clothes, crafts, jewellery and a hundred and one other things as well. It is a favourite of my family’s and we go…

How To Keep Santa Cool | A Southern Hemisphere Problem

    Happy Christmas Eve everyone! I’ve spoken a little bit about how Christmas is tad different down here in the Southern Hemisphere, what with it being summer and all but I wanted to share a little bit more on the topic. Everyone, including people the people who decorate the shops here, seem to forget…

SA Christmas Preparation

    CHRISTMAS CHRISTMAS CHRISTMAS But, like, I’m so chilled. Christmas in South Africa is a little it different to English Christmas but that doesn’t mean that I can’t still be crazily obsessed with it. Here’s a few photos of the Christmas decorations, Christmas nail varnish, how to cook mince pies in Africa and what…

Craft House Eatery | Milnerton

I want to showcase the little hidden places that I come across in South Africa more, and this is one I found today! source  source Yesterday I was in Milnerton, Cape Town, for my best friends birthday and this morning we went to get breakfast from this cute little place on the Island in Milnerton called Craft…

Christmas Ideas Round Up

Holidays are my favourite time to trawl through other blogs because of the amazing ideas that people have found or come up with for the holiday season. In case you’re looking for ideas, I thought I’d do a quick round up of some my favourite posts and videos for the festive season.     Christmas…

Blaauklippen Market | Advent Calendar Day 14

      Blogmas has had to take a bit of a backseat because I haven’t really done anything worth blogging – I didn’t think reading about me working and serving people wine would be all that interesting. But on Sunday I went to the Blaauklippen Market in Stellebosch. I had only been home a…

Advent Calendar | Day 6-13

 QUICK UPDATES ON THE LAST FEW DAYS 6th This was my last daytime time in London. I headed into London pretty early, to Covent Garden. Here’s a helpful tip about Covent Garden underground station: no matter how busy the lifts are don’t climb the stairs. There is a reason that they call them emergency stairs…

The Girl Who Came Home

   I’m home! I’ve finally made it back to sunny South Africa. This feels like a much bigger moment than it might seem to you, because this gap year was the only real plan I had, and now it’s almost over. I can’t believe it’s December, and somehow being home makes it seem so much…

Advent Calender | Day 5

   When I started this post it was still Friday in Honolulu (I checked) so, go me for posting everyday. Day 5 – Today was a really busy day. I’m not going to go into much detail because it’s sort of more of a list than a story. -Firstly, I went to Abbey Road Studios…

Advent Calender | Day 4

  It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas… Day Four – So I started this post with seven minutes left of the day, so it’s probably not going to post live on the 4th, but sue me I only got into the house ten minutes ago. Today, we went up to London to see…

Advent Calender |Day 3

  So, I’m back with Blogmas Day Three – and today was a cold one. It started off as a really nice day, but in the space of time between getting on the train and getting off it, the weather changed pretty dramatically. My plans therefore changed pretty dramatically as well. I had been intending…

Les Miserables | Queens Theatre

Do You Hear The People Sing? Okay, I love all theatre, but this was one of the most incredible performances I have ever seen. Last week Wednesday I went up to London to see Les Miserables. It was a dream to see it live, because I’ve only ever seen it on an old video tape…

Advent Calender | Day 2

  Day Two – I might be posting this late, but it’s still the 2nd of December here so technically it still counts. Today, I went to Kensington Palace and then for Afternoon Festive Tea at the Royal Garden Hotel. Kensington Palace, if you didn’t know, is where Princess Diana lived and also where William…

Berlin Sights | Tiergarten & Siegessäule

On the only sunny day I had in Berlin I went to the Tiergarten and climbed up the Siegessäule, which is in the centre of the main roundabout in the garden’s centre. This is something that I recommend anyone who is going to Berlin to do. It is best to do it on a clear day,…

Advent Calender | Day 1

Can you believe it’s actually December? I can’t! It is beyond weird to think that it’s already almost 2015, and that in a week I will be flying back to South Africa. It feels like this whole year has flown by, and I know that that sentence was ridiculously cliche, but let it go for…