Category: tourism
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Best Village Destination
We all know that Capetonians are slow and laid back but to such an extend …..???….. What everybody in South Africa up to in J’burg knew for years has now seeped through into Cape Town and yes; Capetonians now also voted for Stanford as the Best Village Destination in South Africa. May we congratulate Cape…
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Quality Time
The “tourism industry” in the Robertson Wine Valley knows very well where to send their guests to for quality time. Only one has the guts to admit so it seems but than this guesthouse is one of the relatively few exceptions that offer guests great cosmopolitan hospitality with an extra dimension……..
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The Riding School
People of all walks of life are priviliged to live in a place like Stanford; we’ve said/written it before. Under the ‘dull’ first look of Stanford there is vibrancy inline with the good village life. One of the activities is horse riding at Bagatelle Horse Riding School and as the name says Bagatelle also offers…
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First YouTube about Stanford
With a bit of puzzling we succeeded to compile some pictures of the past 12 months in a YouTube presentation about Stanford. You can also watch it in the left collumn of this blog with some other YouTubes we made. This YouTube is just a first impression; that’s why the addition Part 1. Some of…
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GRAZE revitalised
When Catch and Gero decided to stop their sidebusiness because their clothing business (core activity) went booming it was a great loss for Stanford, South Africa, and its visitors. And for us as well for GRAZE was THE Place to have our Saturday morning coffee. Patience is rewarded; after several months of non-GRAZE we were delighted to…
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When Peter met Jami ………..
Peter was in “the restaurant business” in Hermanus. Jami was (still is BTW) the ‘Flower Queen’ of Stanford. One day Jami went for a drink in a restaurant in Hermanus. And the result you can read here.
Life in the Overberg 