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| wine valley outside Stellenbosch |
About an hour from Cape Town is the area of vineyards and wineries known as the Winelands, a beautiful area of deep wine valleys surrounded by high mountains. Stellenbosch is the best known town in the region, but we stayed in Franschhoek, a small town about 15 minutes away, with several wonderful B & B's and restaurants.
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| our room at The Last Word B and B in Franschhoek |
We stayed at The Last Word, a wonderful bed and breakfast inn. Remarkably, it had been completely flooded in February, 2014--and we were there in late April, 2014, only 2 weeks after they had reopened. In that interim, they had dug out 4 feet of mud from the entire property, repaired roads, gutted the bedrooms and public spaces and replaced everything from beds to curtains to bathrooms. Quite a feat, with beautiful results, despite the catastrophic flood. When we returned from a wine tasting dinner, there were 2 tiny and delicious dishes of creme brulee on our pillows. Yum!
A friend had arranged lunch for the three of us the day we arrived at the Postcard Cafe, located in a winery. It is, indeed, a postcard given its lovely setting. Well worth a visit, but you do need to make reservations well in advance.
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| looking across vineyard to the mountains in the Winelands |
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| Lunch at the Postcard Cafe outside Stellenbosch |
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