Franschooek

For the next two days we're in Franschhoek - the gorgeous wine area east of Cape Town.  We're staying in an adorable cottage with a lovely little vineyard.

 

  

They have a lot of options to avoid drinking and driving here so one day we took a wine tram and the next hired a driver ($40 for the day).

The wineries focus on getting you to spend the whole day - taste wine, have lunch, let the kids play on the jungle gym. They're not about the quick sale - In fact, they don't pressure you to buy bottles at all. Each winery is unique with amazing scenery.

  

 

 

 

We have done a couple of fantastic wine and food pairings that we were really blown away by.

 

 

One thing got a bit interesting - one of the estate owners - Rupert - that has a lot of land and many wineries - was shut down today. The indigenous people of the area are protesting the winemaker's ownership of the land and therefore we couldn't go to any of those wineries. I love a little political unrest - keeps us on our toes!

Overall Franschhoek is an incredibly beautiful and relaxing town - We are, of course, trying to figure out how to move here.- And legitimately buy land....