I am strange. People keep telling me this and I have grown accustomed to it. One of the ways in which this strangeness manifests itself is my aversion to shopping. Yes, you read correctly – I despise shopping. I am in my twenties, I am a girl and the mere idea of going on a shopping spree sets my teeth on edge. Shopping in...
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Everyone in Cape Town is miserable. All you hear the whole day long is people lamenting the fact that it is raining. Again. Personally, I don’t understand it. What do they expect? The Western Cape is a winter rainfall region and, as I try to explain unsuccessfully to so many of these people, it’s good for the grapes! And...
read moreCape Town’s ecosystem is killing me. Literally. I’m not sure I can handle further on and off rain showers pelting down, assaulting me to and fro. Its too much for me and my 125cc Vuka Scooter.It’s not as if I have the cash for a long term car rental, I don’t. I purchased this beauty for cheap way back when...
read moreI spent my weekend lazily watching the brown seas crash into the Milnerton shore. The weather had evolved from a perfect spring day on Saturday, into a cold and windy Sunday. In other words, a true representation of winter. I sat comfortably in a car, protected from the elements and unable to feel the bitter cold and post-winter...
read moreIn wine lies the truth, or so maintained the ancient Greeks. Those of us who live in the Cape Winelands tend to agree. I originally hail from the small wine producing community of Riebeek Kasteel in the Swartland region of the Western Cape. Situated in the midst of what is generally considered a grain growing area, the town nestles...
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