CAMDEBOO-BERGE EN KAROOVLAKTES

Die afgelope jaar en ’n half het groot dele van ons land die wonderlikste reën gekry en die droogte is nou iets van die verlede. Die Karoo is groener as […]

FINLAND, THE HAPPIEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD

For five years in a row, Finland has ranked No. 1 as the happiest country in the world, according to the World Happiness Report. As a Finnish philosopher and psychology researcher who studies the […]

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 […]

REIS NA DIE ONBEKENDE

We travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us. Baie mense het vervaard rondgekyk toe ek genoem het dat ek en my suster na Armenië, Georgië […]

THE HISTORY OF MOSAICS

With the Muse Festival and its abundance of creativity around the corner, perhaps a brief look at the history of mosaics might be in order. The history of mosaic dates […]

SCOTLAND – HASTE YE BACK!

Scotland is a small country, in square kilometres much smaller than the Western Cape and at its narrowest point a mere 38 km. Although public transport is efficient and easily […]

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 […]

HEROLD’S BAY AND ITS LABYRINTH

One of the most peaceful places along the Garden Route is to be found in Herold’s Bay where a beautiful garden filled with birdsong, flowers, milkwood trees and the aromatic […]

‘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 […]

’N KYKIE NA KLEUR DEUR ’N CHINESE LENS

My “stiefpa” (by gebrek aan ’n beter woord) is onlangs oorlede. ’n Kreatiewe en vaardige man wat in 1972 vanaf Duitsland hier ter plaatse geland het. Hy het soveel uniekhede, […]