another trip to stellenbosch

So, I just got home from a fabulous safari in with hundreds of pictures. But first, a little catch up from the visit of Amy and Katie. The week was busy work-wise so the evenings were somewhat low key besides Africa Cafe (Dizzy's for happy hour pizza and beer, La Mez, Bucini's, etc).

Saturday was a different story. Patricia had 3 friends in town so we hired a driver and combi to take the 7 of us wine tasting in Stellenbosch. We visited 3 different wineries with the best being the Waterford Estate (the picture on the left with lavender greeting guests) where they pair their wines with ... chocolate! Seriously, what could be better for 7 ladies???

The day was rounded out with lunch in Franschhoek at le Quartier Français, which has been ranked among the world’s top 50 restaurants the last 3 years. I had wood roasted red pepper soup to start followed by a butterfish fillet with spiced tomato, leak, and asparagus stir fry - so good! Since, I looked up the list of the top 50 and there’s one more just outside of Cape Town. The restaurant just happens to be at a vineyard which has my favorite South African sauvignon blanc – I may have to try to squeeze that in!