Jeremy Thompson Catholic PhD in Biblical Languages, Programmer, Runner

On days 10 and 11, we went to visit Christo (my supervisor) and his wife Marli at Hermanus. We visited the local beach for a short time and tasted wine at La Vierge. La Vierge may have been our favorite wine tasting in South Africa. Erica even liked one of the red wines there, which is quite and achievement. A little later we went on a hike through a beautiful valley and were able to see a small waterfall. And, we came back and had a braai.

On the following day, we visited a small local craft market and visited the beach for a little while longer. After saying our goodbyes, we headed back to Stellenbosch and were fortunate to catch one last wine tasting at Waterford. This was another of our favorites because they had a wine and chocolate tasting experience, though we liked the wine at La Vierge better.

Days 12 and 13 (well, actually 13 and 14 – I didn’t start exactly with the very first day of our trip because it consisted all of travel) were our days of traveling home. I won’t include any pictures from there either. So, that brings me to the end of the South Africa pictures. I hope you’ve enjoyed them. In the next post, I’ll tell you a little about what else has been going on since we got back from South Africa …

On day 9 we visited Table Mountain. It is now considered one of the seven natural wonders of the world. The view was gorgeous after we rode the cable car to the top. Then it got pretty cloudy, but it was pretty neat to walk in the clouds.

Okay. So, I realize I never finished posting picture from our trip to South Africa. That’s because I’ve either been busy or lazy or some combination of the two. At any rate, on day 7 we went to another smaller area called Franschoek, known for its French influence. It was beautiful, with plenty of vineyards and a central part of the town with nice shops. We had the best meal of our trip here at a restaurant called La Petite Ferme. Other highlights were the cellar tour at La Cabriere and the wine tasting at La Motte … and the best cheesecake we’ve ever tasted at Hillcrest Berry Farm on the way back.

On day 8, the weather was looking a little questionable, so we decided to stick around Stellenbosch for … you guessed it, more wine tasting. I’m only including two pictures from this day because the weather was not the best outside for picture taking. But, we did get a chance to walk through one of the vineyards we visited.

Our trip has been fantastic so far. I don’t know how much I’ll post since my posts have been infrequent even at home. But, here are some pics from our layover in Frankfurt, Germany. We visited St. Bartholomew’s and the roman ruins. And, we were fortunate to happen upon the Frankfurt Christmas market. Some of the pics are not the best quality, but I just included everything.