Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Die Strandloper





Linda, Nolundi, Esethu, Lusanda, Sibulele

I spent a magical weekend in Cape Town with good friends of mine. We went down there for “The Franschhoek 'Magic of Bubbles' Cap Classique and Champagne Festival because as my cousin put it ‘you’ve been colonised twice’. Living in France meant that I’ve adopted (destructive and expensive) French taste which generally is wine, cheese, champagne and more wine. We did really fun things all weekend and there was a lot of indulgence, en général.

One of the best things we did was have lunch at Die Strandlopper in Langebaan. It is a seafood dream right on the beach. Everything you eat is freshly made, from the bread to the Ten (I did say:Ten) courses of all kinds of fish.  The sun also came out its full glory perfecting the outdoor, seaside ambiance. A funny story… so all our phones switched off and there is no electricity at the restaurant. The heartbreak in everyone’s eyes when you see the thousands of pictures we could have taken. My dear friends who are avid Instagram-ers were most hurt, ‘how were we going to translate this greatness without pictures? #nofilter.

We were saved by the gorgeous Lisa, who was so gracious and took these Lovely pictures.