Paternoster is a picturesque fishing village, located on the West Coast, just ~150km from Cape Town. I’ve seen very beautiful photos of Paternoster so I thought that I need to check it out. I used Booking.com and found a cute guesthouse called Gelukkie. Booked my stay and the rest is holiday history. Writing a ‘things … [Read more…]
I saw a ‘holiday home‘ while looking for available Langebaan accommodation on Booking.com, for dirt cheap during peak season. It sounded too good to be true but for that price, it seemed worth the risk. Booking The money didn’t come straight off of my account. Instead, I got an email from the owner asking me to … [Read more…]
As things go these days, I was scrolling through the Suitcases and Lattes’ Instagram feed and happened across a gorgeous pic of breakfast. With my weakness for eggs benedict, I had to find out where this gorgeous pic was taken. And that was how I found out about The Backyard Cafe. It was storming the … [Read more…]
I love Pretoria girls, I love Pretoria girls….. Do you know that song? It was stuck in my head for my entire (short) trip to Pretoria. From a FREEZING Cape Town, I hopped on board my flight to OR Tambo, hired a car (actually my colleague did, as the woman at Avis told me my … [Read more…]
I am one of those unfortunate souls who works most weekends. Once my exams finally ended and I had a weekend off, I just needed to get away. I wasn’t up for a long, tiring drive as my main purpose for the trip was R&R. I searched the good ol’ internet for accommodation near Cape … [Read more…]
Winter is a great time to go on holiday. Hotels usually run Winter specials and things tend to be less -which makes for a great escape from the daily grind. If you’re anything like me, your idea of a great holiday is probably something along the lines of lazing in a heated pool and cuddling in … [Read more…]
My in-laws gifted me with a fantastic birthday voucher to use at Angsana Spa. They must agree with that saying “happy wife, happy life“! I’ve never been to Angsana but I knew they were situated in the picturesque Vineyard Hotel. The gardens there are so beautiful. If I was a fairy, it would be one of … [Read more…]
I have this crazy friend (we all have at least one, right?) whose actively ticking things off her bucket list. When I saw a Groupon pop up in December to go snorkeling with seals, I promptly ignored it. Nope. Not interested. Anyway, said crazy friend (x2) said they’d like to go and I started to … [Read more…]
For our anniversary we decided we would skip the gifts and use the gift money for a vacay instead. After all, someone once said that the happiness from experiences outlasts the happiness from gifts (although both don’t hurt!). We weren’t out looking for a beach holiday, we wanted an adventure – somewhere neither of us … [Read more…]
I had the privilege of meeting these wonderful women from AMAZI POP UP SHOP a few weeks ago and I was extremely impressed with their skills! What do they do? They are a group of women (nail technicians in training) that provides you with either a manicure or back and neck massage for a small … [Read more…]