Mona and Terje Vister

Kari and Peter Strøm

Norway

20 November 2010

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I met this wonderful Viking quartet (that's how they boasted to me about their identity JJ ) at their apartment in De Waterkant and we immediately set off on our journey to Stanford to have lunch at Mariana's

Kari, Peter, Mona and Terje at our table at Mariana's

Kari and Peter enjoying Mariana's great foof

Mona and Terje enjoying dessert at Mariana's

With Ulla (Mariana's faithful dog) in the restaurants garden

Mariana and her hounds

After we left Maraiana we traveled to De Kelders where we saw many whales as per the pictures below.

On our way back to Cape Town we stopped in at the Peregrine farmstall where we got a good idea as to what the locals eat in the region

DAY 2

Afrikaans Language Monument

Kayamandi

We started our day going through South Africa's history while visiting the Afrikaans Language monument

Standing in front of some wonderful king proteas in Paarl

We moved onto Kayamandi straight after our visit to the Language monument

Having fun with the kids in Mama Madiba's creche

We visited Lily in her home where she told all her life story

We drove around Kayamandi talking about how the housing system works before visiting the Ikamva Lethu Center where the foursome had a wonderful time with the children in the dancing class.

While driving around in the township we saw the wonderful rainbow seen above

We visited Zone J where we met quite a number of adults and had a great time with the children in the area before handing out apples for trash

Peter and Terje in the St. Pauls church in Kayamandi

Day 3

Winelands tour

We started out our day with a winetasting tour at Muratie winefarm

After Muratie we travelled to Graaf winefarm where we tasted the great wines at this wonderful venue

Kari thinks "Thank heavens Peter is not driving"  JJ

Kari says "You dont have to overdo it because we are in South Africa you know"
Peter responds laughingly "OK lets just try one more" JJ

Terje enjoying his drink at Bread and Wine on the Moreson winefarm where we enjoyed a good lunch

At Bread and Wine

Enjoying mainly sparkling wines at Haute Chabriere in Franschhoek.

After our winetasting at Haute Chabriere we did a short tour of Franschhoek, After buying crafted chocolates in Franschhoek we travelled back to Stellenbosch where we did another short tour of the town. Thereafter we returned to Cape Town where we went for dinner to the Africa Cafe.

Enjoying our African feast at the Africa Cafe

Part of the meal at the Africa Cafe

Mona and Kari having fun in the Africa Cafe shop.

The above picture symbolised what my tour with this wonderful quartet from Norway was all about viz meeting the people, learning about them and having fun when doing so. At the same time all was done with a permanent smile and happy feelings. The above picture certainly tells this story. Travelling with this great foursome was an experience second to none. We had a great time together and saw lots and lots. I most certainly enjoyed myself thoroughly and can but only hope that everybody on tour did so too. My thanks goes to Jimmy Wallenholt who referred Peter to me as this started our negotiations to get our journey off the ground. Thanks a ton Jimmy for your constant support.

ALL IN ALL A FABULOUS TOUR WITH WONDERFUL PEOPLE.

A BIG THANK YOU
PETER, KARI, TERJE AND MONA