Wine Tasting and such....

So not much to update you on... Monday was rainy and Laura and Mina were tired from their hike up Table Mountain - apparently I would have freaked out all over the place if I went up there. Mina and Laura have all these great pictures. I will try and steal some and post them here.

Anyways, so today, Mina and I went on a wine tasting tour around Stellenbosch, Paarl and Franschhoek - these are the three major wine regions by Capetown. Apparently, there are over 5000 wineries here. We went to five. We went along with this charming German lady - she has a son around our age and was traveling by herself for two weeks. The three of us chatted it up with our cool tour guide - an Indian, 4th generation South African. Speaking of which, I haven't seen any Asians in general around here and apparently there's a big population of Chinese people. I think that's a lie and I'm the only one. But I'm off topic - as usual.

So wineries - quite nice - the estates are beautiful, the scenery was amazing. There were mountains in the background - some flowers (remember it is winter here).

oops, that turned out uncentered - so this is at Lindhorst, in Paarl. They also had a lawn for the game of Qolf - which is part golf, part croquet. we did not play. So this picture below is kind of far away, but the lady in the middle is the German lady that we like.

This is the entrance to another Paarl winery - this place was so pretty, they had those Japanese fish in a small fountain when we walked in.

And this one is the inside of one in Franschhoek. Apparently, the owners of the vineyard are quite wealthy.

So, that's it for today! A good amount of wine and some nice conversation and great weather - what more could you ask for? Hopefully I'll be back posting tomorrow about Robben Island!