Pinotage

It took ages to pack and I bought a fantastic new backpack from Karrimor, which has a zip on day sack, and also opens a little bit like a suitcase, so makes finding stuff in it a lot easier, and also remembered to register it for a lifetime guarantee- but would like to know if anyone registered a panther 65, as mines broke, and we seem to have forgotten to register it!!!Anyway packing was fun, and driving to the airport was quite a scary experience, as I thought I could potentially miss the flight as the traffic was dreadful, and luckily the motorway traffic on the M4 wasn't too bad, anyway got the wrong terminal, lost my mum, ran and grabbed the Heathrow express to T4, then after all that the flight was late and check in closes 50 mins before a BA international flight. Had a interesting chat with Sheila a Scottish lady who'd been a teacher, a diplomat and also an air stewardess, and had been to Afghanistan when it had a monarchy and had photos of the Buddas which were blown up.I wasn't met at the airport by my cousins, but by their friends(Peter and Carmen), so didn't recognise them, anyway went to their place(www.erinview.co.za) which is lovely( stunning view over mountains, spa, incredibly friendly, a room almost as big as mine, but with a on-suite bathroom.After a snooze went wine tasting in the Stellenbosch region going to three wineries;Slaley- it gave you 6 different glasses and so you could compare the different wines, had a very nice Pinotage, which, was a vintage one opened as they had had some important visitors earlier in the day( maybe from the Caterpillar Club), it was also nice have a stunning waitress( or waitrons as they call them here)Dimersfontein- very nice, and quite an attractive spittoon, however, with such nice wine, it tasted choclatey, it would have been a shame to waste it like that.`-on this one you could see the vats that they were making some of the wine in, and felt quite authentic as you had to drive down a dirt track to get there.The scenery whilst driving around was superb, seeing the sea, and huge craggy mountains.In the evening looked out at the stars using a telescope, and could see Orion very easily, and Mars and Venus, have still to spot the Southern Cross, and the moon definitely has a funny face over here.