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Day 6 South Africa Adventure

Sunday, September 16th, 2018

This morning we visited Stellenbosch, part of the Cape Winelands region and is located about 31 miles east of Cape Town.IMG_0636

We were met by Simone, our guide for the morning and she works for “Bites and Sites”, cultural food tours!IMG_0651

It was a wonderful way to experience the history and flavors of the city.  It was a walking tour of the old town center along with stops for sampling food and drink and then lunch was provided at the end of the tour.IMG_0650

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Cape Dutch style
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Notice the thatched roof!

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One of our stops was at a bakery to pick up breadsticks to try.

It was the perfect day for a walk around this beautiful city!

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Oom Samie Se Winkel which means “Uncle Sammy’s shop. It is a popular tourist stop because of some of the unusual items it sells. We walked through the store. Eyes only!
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This sculpture was created by South African artist Dylan Lewis. His inspiration comes from the wilderness and he has focused on cats.

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Stellenbosch town hall
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The design consists of iron silhouettes of Mandela’s face applied to two sides of a wall. We only saw the eastern side which shows Mandela’s face and a map of the important places in Mandela’s life!

Our walk consisted of wine tasting and gourmet chocolates paired with the wine at Brampton’s Wine studio.IMG_0702IMG_0696IMG_0699IMG_0703

The chocolates were SO good!  IMG_2256

Our lunch was served in the dining room of the Oude Werf Hotel.  We were served salad, meat, cheeses, red and white wine!

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Dave’s dessert
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Kay’s GF fruit sticks dessert

After lunch we had some free time to visit some of the shops.

This afternoon we went to a beautiful winery, Vergelegen, for some wine tasting and we also had time to walk through the estate’s beautiful grounds.IMG_0771

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It was a busy but fun day!