In September 2017 opende een nieuwe hotspot in Kaapstad haar deuren: het Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCAA). Het zou de Rolls Royce onder de musea van het Afrikaanse continent moeten worden, dat zich qua uitstraling, kunst en bijzonderheid zou moeten kunnen scharen…
Onlangs was ik weer een paar weken in het land van melk en honing: Zuid-Afrika. En natuurlijk heb ik me weer drie slagen in de rondte gegeten, overal, want ze hebben er veel meer dan melk en honing, en zo ook…
Dit jaar had ik het geluk om het grootste gedeelte van de saaiste, natste en treurigste maand van het jaar – november – te spenderen in het mooiste land ter wereld: Zuid-Afrika. En vandaag deel ik een eetverslag van een lunch…
The Cape winelands of South Africa is one of most pretty vineyard concentrated areas in the world. Nestled between high mountains, surrounded by green hills, olive and lemon trees, dams, birds and unpaved roads, it truly feels like paradise.…
Yay, it’s april! That means spring in Europe and it means harvest in the Southern Hemisphere is done and dusted! All wineries and wine farms have their grapes in and probably the grapes are already becoming wine! 2017 wine year…
I know the quinoa hype is already over – done and dusted – and now I am the last foodie on earth who shares a breakfast recipe that includes quinoa with you! In an addition to that: to be honest…
One of the most wonderful places I have ever been to during 5,5 years permanent living in the Western Cape of South Africa is the Robertson Small Hotel in Robertson. In a bit over an hour drive from Cape…
To be honest with you I am a bit afraid of horses. They are big and unpredictable (in my eyes). But then on the other side they fascinate me. Beautiful, muscular animals, who can carry and do carry humans…
Last July I spent my days in Europe, to avoid the Cape winter and to enjoy the long and beautiful summer days near my family in the Netherlands. One evening my brothers and I were invited by our ‘babysitter’…
People who never visited South Africa don’t always understand my endless love for this country. They don’t understand the hankering I feel to always go back there. “But you have seen it already, right? Why don’t you go and explore…