On our last day day at 21 Roux Street, we checked out of our luxurious guesthouse around 11am. After one last breakfast, we said bye to our hosts and owners Peter and Bradley, while continuing on to our hotel in…
Touring with J.J. around Franschhoek part 2
This post continues with our tour around Franschhoek wine country in South Africa, with J.J., our private tour guide and chauffeur during our five night stay at 21 Roux Street. Since we went so many places and took so many…
Touring Franschhoek wine country with J.J.
In my last post I wrote about our wonderful accommodations and breakfasts we experienced at 21 Roux Street in Franschhoek, South Africa. While we were there during the cooler and rainy time – (pre-Spring) we had a wonderful time touring…
Welcome to Johannesburg!
After traveling since last Friday, we arrived at our hotel in Johannesburg Monday morning around 9:30am. We checked in the Hyatt Regency Johannesburg, and fortunately our room was available at this early check-in hour. We had reserved a standard room,…
Layover in Sao Paulo Airport Hotel and onward Flight to Johannesburg
We had a nice 8 hour overnight flight to Sao Paulo on an American Airlines Boeing 777-300 jet from Miami. We had Business Class seats seats 3D and 3K (2 adjacent aisle seats in the center section of the 1…
Post Birthday follow-up posts
Wow – it’s been a great birthday and busy August for me (us)! While my birthday is August 2nd, Steve (DOS), true to style, drags it out for a couple weeks if not longer. We’ve had some great dinners and…
Exquisite Food and Wine-pairing dinner at Armani’s
Last night we had one of if not the best Food and Wine pairing dinners we’ve ever had. We ate at Armani’s in the Grand Hyatt, Tampa Bay, where we are staying for the weekend. As I wrote in the…
Day Three of Wine Touring and Lunch at VIK!
Today was our third and last day of wine touring thru the beautiful Chilean wine country. Like on previous days, we had a full breakfast at the hotel, which is especially important if you’ll be tasting wines most of the…
Wine pairing lunch at Clos Apalta
Moving on from the last post of our morning Chilean wine tasting, Steve (DOS) and I had a phenomenal wine pairing lunch at Clos Apalta Winery. As part of our three day tour with Jose, owner of Uncorked Wine Tours,…
Chilean Wine Touring with Jose – Day Two
On our second full day of wine touring, we awoke to a beautiful sunrise view over the vineyards and distant Andes Mountains at our hotel, TerraVina in Santa Cruz, Chile. While yesterday was overcast and rainy all day, today was…