When you find yourself in an unfamiliar place that speaks to you in a familiar way – as though it had been expecting you and you had been expecting it… and you only have a handful of hours in which to enjoy it, the only sane thing to […]
The Route du Bonheur Diaries | Bushmans Kloof Part 1
A group of travellers head into a wilderness at the foothills of the Cederberg Mountains. 270 km from Cape Town, from home, they are on a road trip from coast (Ellerman House), to vineyard (Delaire Graff Estate), to mountain (Bushmans Kloof Wilderness Reserve & Wellness Retreat), to secret […]
The Route du Bonheur Diaries | Delaire Graff Estate
Above: The driveway leading up to the Delaire Graff Estate We all have our own way of pressing reset, of coming back to ourselves after losing our footing in the flurry of forces internal or external. The open road has always done this for me, preferably a […]
The Route du Bonheur Diaries | Ellerman House
The intention of travel is echoed in the words of the character, Jack Dawson, in the film, Titanic, when he says, “I love waking up in the morning not knowing what’s going to happen or who I’m going to meet, where I’m going to wind up. … I figure life’s […]
Woman in the Garden | The Cellars-Hohenort
Woman in the Garden, by Claude Monet, 1867 Before we let you into the life of the co-creator of one of the most beautiful gardens in South Africa – those of The Cellars-Hohenort in Cape Town, we’ll try to paint a picture of her for you… Imagine one particular […]