17-19Jan 2011 Stellenbosch What a great town! Much bigger than Fr.Hoek, it has the continent's (and so I'm guessing the world's) largest Afrikaans university. This gives it a real vibrancy, and means eating out can be affordable. After checking in, a light lunch and explored the town, market, and made a dinner reservation at Ernie Els' restaurant, The Big Easy. (That's a "booking" here. You must always have a booking. "Do...

South Africa Late into Cape Town on the 12th. Checked into the Table Bay Hotel, where we had stayed 5 years ago. We had the honeymoon package. Don't get excited, anyone, just a bit of creative room-booking on Georgia's part. It's cheaper and comes w breakfast. It also means it looks like a florist's shop exploded in our room. Rose petals everywhere! Have to feel sorry for the chamber maid! Floor, bed, desk, they really went to town! Including in the ...

Johannesburg Arrived today around 11:00 after an uneventful, if bumpy, 12 hr overnight. Just happy to have left Frankfurt on time after all that has been going on w European (and now US) airports. Not much to say today. Just that this is a sharp contrast to 24 hrs ago. Lunch was by the pool, and now I sit, at 18:00, in shorts and a tank top on a park bench overlooking the summer terrace and the hills of Joburg (pictured) It's pleasantly humid and lovely warm...