In honor of the recent election, and our first African-American President, Barack Obama, today's travel adventure will take us to Africa. No, I haven't been to Kenya, but I have been to South Africa ! Your travel tip for the week is: If you're going to go wine tasting - try to find one that allows you to bike!
I enjoy visiting the various wineries around the world, but I can only taste a few before I'm done - so the mix of wine tasting and then biking allows me to taste at one stop, burn off the alcohol while biking and then taste a few more and not end up intoxicated by the end! (If that's your goal - then you can always ride in the van that follows all the bikers). A bonus is that the general terrain for wineries includes gentle rolling hills so you can get in a good workout and not have to work too hard. If you ever need to stop, the van in right there behind you. The scenery around most wine regions is beautiful, lush and provides a lovely backdrop to enjoy while moving slowly on a bike, instead of zooming by in a car. Biking really gives you a feel of the land and a greater appreciation for it. However, if you go to Japan, Coco Farm & Winery sounds like an awesome place to visit (and has a great story you can read about on their site), but it's not so great to bike since the vineyards are on hills that average a slope of 36 degrees! (aka: super steep).
Here are few photos of my adventures to Fairview Winery, Mont Rochelle and Middelvlei Estate.
Delicious wines and even better cheeses at Fairview!
Mont Rochelle is the first (of two) black African owned winery in South Africa.
Meddelvlei has huge dogs, miniature horses, donkeys, pigs, goats, tortoises - and my favorite because I didn't expect them - wallabies!!!
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