Tag: travel

Staying at The Peninsula All-Suite Hotel-Cape Town

We enter The Peninsula All-Suite Hotel’s lobby, and plop down on one of the sofas. We need a plan B for our day, but we are lost as to what to do. Sensing our bewilderment, Alistair approaches. He asks if we are checking into the hotel today. A bundle of kindness, effervescence, and animation, Alistair…
Wine Flies-Wine Tour-Part 2-Cape Town

*I received a media discount for the following tour. I promise that all opinions are my own. Oh no! Mark, our Wine Flies Wine Tour guide, stops the van. We are winding our way up Middelvlei Wine Estates’ drive, when we pass one of their donkeys, whose head is stuck in the fence. Mark jumps…
Wine Flies-Wine Tour-Part 1-Cape Town

*I received a media discount for the following tour. I promise that all opinions are my own. The van comes to a stop. Our Wine Flies Tour guide, Mark, exits to pick up more guests. As we wait, the playlist that is playing in the van moves to the next song. I hear it. First…
Sunset on Table Mountain-Cape Town

After receiving the text that our paraglide needed to be rescheduled, due to weather, we scrambled to rearrange our plans for the week. What activity could we fit in on a Friday, late afternoon/evening? A visit to Table Mountain seemed the best choice. With stunning views in every direction, the citizens of Cape Town have…
Staying At Villa Sunshine-Cape Town

Not every travel day is filled with glamorous adventure. Although our time in Zimbabwe started out with a relaxing morning by the pool, the rest of the week was a flurry of activity. When our plane landed in Cape Town, South Africa, I was not feeling my best. Exhausted and worn out, I required rest.…
Getting Around Cape Town-Without A Car

When we travel, we avoid renting cars as much as possible. Not only is there the expense of renting a car, but there is also the added stress of having to drive and navigate an unfamiliar place. There are some places like Colorado, California, and our recent excursion to Florida, where having our own car…
Rainbows and Moonbows-Helicopter Tour and Lunar Tour-Victoria Falls

Though our day exploring Victoria Falls was amazing, I had one regret. Pre-trip, as I scrolled through Instagram photos of the falls, I saw a lot of fabulous rainbow pics. Alas, on our Victoria Falls day, there was not a single rainbow in sight. Victoria Falls-Helicopter Tour I was a tiny bit nervous as we…
The Africa Cafe and Elephant’s Walk-Victoria Falls for Introverts

Our lodge’s shuttle driver dropped us off directly between our two shopping choices, the very authentic, locals’ market, and the Elephant’s Walk Shops. “I recommend the local market, you can haggle and get a very good price,” said the driver. As soon as we emerged from the van, several sellers from the local market made…
Visiting Victoria Falls-Zambia Side

The relationship between the mind and body is interesting. As I stared up at the stairs on the Zambia side of Victoria Falls, looming before me, by mind said, they are just steps. Easy peasy. You just walk up them. No big deal. I started my upward climb, but around step ten, the pressure in the…