Day 8: Destination Paarl

This morning was special. No breakfast was served at A Hiltop so we had to treat ourselves! We did this in the best way possible, meaning driving 20 minutes in the wrong direction to get to Organic Paradise in Suurbraak, a small place we had spotted along the road yesterday. It turned out to be an excellent detour.

We were welcomed by a guy our age who had been working in the film industry. He told us that he had bought the property in 1998, because he thought it was one of the most beautiful places in Western Cape. Suurbraak (meaning "sour ground") used to be part of "the Bantustan" or homeland (a territory set aside for black inhabitants of South Africa as part of the policy of apartheid) and it wasn't until after 1994 that it became possible for white people to buy properties in those areas. The organic breakfast was fantastic and we enjoyed the conversation we had with our host just as much.

Then it was all ritual time again and we started driving towards Paarl, our destination for the day. At lunch time we stopped for a snack in a garden café in the tiny town Villiersdorp. From there we decided to drive straight to Paarl and do an early check-in at the Diamant Estate. We reached Paarl, driving through a new pass where the weather changed from grey to sunny weather, in the middle of the afternoon.



Joakim and Calle decided to go to Franschhoek Motor Museum, but Gun and I thought it was a great idea to stay and rest at the estate. :)

We finished the day at a great restaurant, Noop. The dinner there was just as excellent the breakfast this first day of our second week.