Yesterday Sue and Ray and Jerry and I went off on a Quad adventure. We drove thru some woods and some vineyards and some stands of olive trees and generally had a ball. In the evening we had a wine tasting and then the spectacular BBQ . We had live entertainment during dinner . The guy who played guitar and sang explained the meaning of each of the songs he sang but since they were in Afrikaans much was lost on me . But towards the end of evening he let lose with Leonard Cohen's genius tune "Hallelujah " and Bob Dylan's " "knocking on heavens door" . Just a great end to a great day.
We are now comfortably ensconced in La Residence after a very nice dinner at La Petite Ferme which is a working winery. Mixed reviews on the food but a very pretty place. The driver who came to take us back told us he was born here in Franschoek as were his parents. He worked at la petite Ferme for 20 years and many members of his family still work there. He pointed out his primary school , the original location of La Residence and the places which used to be groves of peaches and plum trees. Pretty cool.
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Helen