WINE DINE AND TRAVEL SUMMER 2020 -- SOUTH AFRICA
What to do with a gap between two travel adventures - the end of our thrilling Kenyan safari and the start of an exotic cruise from Cape Town? What else but explore another of the world’s iconic wine regions. Since we met three decades ago, whenever possible, my husband and I seek out wine country pleasures - bucolic views, charming inns, leisurely tastings and casual fine dining. If trips bring us near vineyards - Virginia to Oregon, France to Australia, we visit for an afternoon or several days. This time our wine country destination was South Africa, one of the oldest wine-making regions outside of Europe, where Dutch and French settlers began tending vines in the mid-1600s. For a week, including Valentine’s Day when we celebrated our 31st anniversary, we explored the stunningly beautiful Winelands of the western cape, less than an hour drive from Cape Town.
What to do with a gap between two travel adventures - the end of our thrilling Kenyan safari and the start of an exotic cruise from Cape Town? What else but explore another of the world’s iconic wine regions. Since we met three decades ago, whenever possible, my husband and I seek out wine country pleasures - bucolic views, charming inns, leisurely tastings and casual fine dining. If trips bring us near vineyards - Virginia to Oregon, France to Australia, we visit for an afternoon or several days. This time our wine country destination was South Africa, one of the oldest wine-making regions outside of Europe, where Dutch and French settlers began tending vines in the mid-1600s. For a week, including Valentine’s Day when we celebrated our 31st anniversary, we explored the stunningly beautiful Winelands of the western cape, less than an hour drive from Cape Town.
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ture World, where some 85 miniature dioramas
and displays delighted me. I am a huge fan of
miniatures — have collected them for decades —
and this little museum thrilled me. From a huge
doll house circa 1880 to dioramas of Canadian
cities 100 years ago, to the Enchanted Valley of
Castles in Europe to recreations of fairy tales and
their worlds, this is “the greatest little show on
earth.” Kids of all ages will love this.
After three nights in Victoria, I headed to Vancouver.
Instead of taking the ferry, which takes
about 90 minutes and lands about an hour’s drive
south of Vancouver — and I didn’t have a car — I
opted instead to take the Harbour Air seaplane
Left to Right: The 127-foot-tall totem
pole at Beacon Hill Park in Victoria
— that’s like a 12-story building.
Miniature World offers more than 85
miniature dioramas that will delight
kids of all ages. Here is one
celebrating the arrival of a Ringling
Brothers Circus.
Preceding page: Weeping willows
make a Butchart Gardens trails
especially alluring.
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