CHASED BY A LION!
In Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park we’ve gone over to the dark side … waking up early and setting out as the gates open, resting during the hottest time of the day […]
Entries by Mariëlle Renssen
ON THE ROAD AGAIN
Our travels have taken us many times to Mountain Zebra National Park in the Eastern Cape, and I have written often about it, so on this particular occasion I won’t […]
MOUNTAIN TRAIL INTO BAVIAANSKLOOF
We are not strangers to the Baviaanskloof valley, but we haven’t explored it for a long, long time. So we set out to put things right. Just under 200 km […]
WINE LABEL STORIES
It’s a tough job making sure our travelling friend gets the full experience of (some of) the more unusual wine estates and their winemakers in the Western Cape. Our next […]
FROM BEACH TO MILL
From a pristine, unspoilt beach … past remaining tracts of indigenous forest … to a 19th century complex just outside Plettenberg Bay that promotes fine South African craftsmanship, art and design. […]
MURAL CAPITAL OF THE WORLD
Philadelphia has had its share, historically, of cultural discrimination, racial tension and race riots. The 1960s and early 1970s were particularly turbulent times, with drug-related gang warfare plaguing the city. […]
SAGRADA FAMILIA, BARCELONA
To get into this incredibly famous cathedral designed (although not finished by) Antoni Gaudí, a Catalan architect from Spain, you first have to book a time slot. Then you have […]
NORVAL FOUNDATION ART MUSEUM
Finally we got to visit this art museum and sculpture garden next door to Steenberg Wine Estate in Cape Town’s Constantia /Tokai area. Featuring artists in the visual arts from […]
UPLIFTED BY ART
At the beginning of 2022 it is apt to celebrate the amazing, uplifting things ordinary South Africans are doing to ameliorate the dysfunctional (non) running of our towns. They’re getting […]
‘TIS THE SEASON FOR CYCLING
Freddie Mercury of the band Queen once sang: “I want to ride my bicycle, I want to ride my bike. I want to ride my bicycle, I want to ride […]
