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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CUBAN ADVENTURE
Cuba off-limits to US citizens? Not so! They are the
largest group to visit Cuba after Canadians, and
must plan their visit through licensed travel agencies.
We were under the impression that we needed
to fly to Cuba through a third country. Wrong again!
PLAGUE TOWN ENGLAND
With the recent worldwide spread of the frightening
Coronavirus--COVID-19--we're vividly reminded of
the terrifying 17th-century Bubonic Plague. This is
the story of how brave villagers in a small English
town took it upon themselves to self-quarantine for
14 months and save lives.
LIFE AT A SNAIL’S PACE
Geographically Burgundy is in the heart of France,
and one can really feel the slower pace of life. The
French saying pour vivre heureux, vivons cachés (to
live happily, live hidden), couldn’t express the local
sentiment any better.
SCOTTISH SURPRISE
When we wake up, we'll be high up in the Scottish
Highlands, running on a single-track route across
the broad and forbidding Rannoch Moor with a brief
stop at its desolate station -- the highest in the U.K.
Judy & Len Garrison
Judy is the editor of Georgia Connector Magazine and Peach State Publications as well as a
freelance writer/photographer/traveler for national/international publications including Deep
South Magazine, Interval Magazine, Simply Buckhead, US Airways Magazine, Southern Hospitality
Traveler and has a bi-monthly blog in Blue Ridge Country’s online edition. She and Len own Seeing
Southern, L.L.C., a documentary photography company.
Margie Goldsmith
Margie Goldsmith is a NYC-based author, writer and photographer who has explored 140
countries on seven continents. She has won 85 awards including the prestigious Lowell
Thomas Travel Journalism Gold Award. She has written over 1,000 articles for Robb Report,
Travel + Leisure, Business Jet Traveler, American Way, Hemispheres, Wall Street Journal, Globe and
Mail.
Brian Clark
Brian Clark is a Madison, Wisconsin-based writer and photographer who likes to ski,
kayak, scuba dive, bicycle and sail as often he can. A former staff writer for The San Diego
Union-Tribune, he now contributes to a number of publications.
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