Franschhoek

The background is the view we had from our balcony... 

And the guest house we stayed at looked like this... 

The stores had adorable objects... 

... And the vineyards had sour grapes... 

We did wine tasting... 

And enjoyed the view... 

And drank wine whilst enjoying the view. 

We went horse riding... 

And saw incredibly beautiful landscape.

So these are my last pictures from South Africa Dec. 2011 - Jan. 2012. I spent the last couple of days in a wine-town, visiting loads of vineyards and soaking up the sun and the amazing view. This is the second time I went to Franschhoek and I really like that little town. It is so miniature but yet so full of experiences and it is definitely super-cosy.

But yeah, now I am back in London and back to school, and properly at that. I can tell that this term is going to be hectic but I think that kind of excites me. I like to have things to do and I love to plan and organise my schedule and my work load and so on. So I think I may sit down now and do just that!

Cape town part 1

 The weather in Cape Town was lovely...

We saw beautifully coloured houses... 

And ones with drawings and advertisements on them as well...

We celebrated the new year with champagne... 

And a few (but not many) fireworks were viewed from our rooftop... 

We went for an amazing afternoon tea with a huge selection of food... 

And a huge selection of different teas... 

Including ice teas - which were served in champagne glasses... 

We went for an outside concert to see "The Mango Group"... 

The concert was located in a botanical garden overlooking Table Mountain (one of the natural wonders of the world...)

That's a little of Cape Town for you.... I will post pictures from a small town (Franschhoek) just outside of Cape Town later!!! Goodnight :-)

Searching for...

Pic: 365 days

... a bag like this one. They sell them everywhere here in Cape Town but I put off buying one until now and tomorrow we are heading back to Pretoria... But hopefully I will buy one at the market tomorrow. If you buy it there it would probably add up to around €50 whereas in the stores around here its more like €150 and if you go abroad you are looking at €300. So I'm sparing my wallet the pain by going for the market price... 


The bags are springbok and 100% South African but I know that you can buy them through Kamelo in certain countries as well.

Paternoster

We spent a few days by the beach just outside actual Cape Town and this is what they looked like... Clear skies, turquoise water, fishermen's boats and sunsets... It is definitely a cute little village but it looks as empty and small as it was so it's not a place for those that are looking for constant activity. Will post more photos of the past days soon.

A new year

I will start the new year by publishing these photos from a few days ago - one of the last outfits I wore... Taken at my house in Pretoria before we headed off to Cape Town. I'm wearing a H&M pearl collar which I love but don't wear too often so I don't kill the charm of it. 


I will summarise 2011 in one event - getting into the integrated masters course International Fashion Management at London College of Fashion and moving to London. That was definitely the happening of the year for me and also my biggest accomplishment and my strongest memory (amongst many other lovely memories). 


For 2012 I have many resolutions or goals if you will and I am one of those people that really try to keep my resolutions and reach my goals - so in other words quite goal oriented. One goal is definitely to work harder on this blog both quality and content wise and I am hoping that will show soon enough. I am still in South Africa and Cape Town and internet access is a bit tricky so if updates aren't regular until I am back in London then you know why.


Lastly I would like to wish all my old - and new - readers a happy 2012!

Stripes

This trip to South Africa I have no proper safari planned like I usually do so we spent a day doing a walking safari. Since it's by foot you don't really see any extravagant animals but we managed to see Kudus, Impalas and Zebras. If you look closely in the second picture you can see the kudu in the background... I blended in quite well with the zebras as I coincidentally wore stripes that day as well. I matched them with safari-green shorts and then I wore my Reebok easy tone trainers as we were walking for a couple of hours. Finally I protected my head with a cap but I in no way intend for it to look like I am capturing the spring-cap trend, as I am planning to purchase a leather cap for that... I would love the Acne one with the star... 

Cape Town...

Cape Town is where I will be spending the coming days and internet may not always be possible but I hope I will be able to update you guys as much as possible! This is kind of what it looked like before I left Pretoria, a kind of chaotic way of planning what to bring, seeing what has already been worn whilst still allowing the clothes to breathe ;-)

Christmas Day...

... I wore this... A long sheer top/dress/tunic thing with my white H&M CC shorts and simple shoes. We went for a lovely lunch located on a golf court so I found it appropriate to wear something decently nice but not over the top... I know I'm behind on posts - sorry, but I am trying to catch up!