Tasting at Fairview Winery

Off to the winelands

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December 25th 2008
It was an early start on Christmas Eve for breakfast before heading down to Port Elizabeth airport for our flight back to Cape Town. We were slightly behind schedule leaving the hotel for the 70km drive to the airport (after the grand opening of the golden sack and me providing G with extra things to go in the 3 tightly packed suitcases) so G was a little stressed as we had no idea where the airp ... read more

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After the British seized the Cape of Good Hope area in 1806, many of the Dutch settlers (the Boers) trekked north to found their own republics. The discovery of diamonds (1867) and gold (1886) spurred wealth and immigration and intensified the subjug... ... read more