So in between towing Jason’s bike with my car to try and get it started, playing “flinch” with Joshua, begging Luke to please move back home and trying to find suitable wives for my 5 sons 
(A full blog post all on its own 
), I get to stay and check out the most stunning places. (part of the job my dear) On Monday night I stayed at the famous “Afrique Boutique Hotel” in Poortview on the West Rand. www.afriquehotel.co.za You would love it. So sophisticated, so elegant, so classy, and this is the part that will make you platz…original paintings everywhere! The owner, Nafsika, is a huge fan of Porchie, Georgia, Este Mostert etc, so you can only imagine all this creative genius everywhere! As you drive into the grounds you are overshadowed by 3 storey stained glass windows and bricks and sandstone buildings. Very beautifully built. Stepping inside, your eyes are immediately drawn to the double volume ceilings and the gorgeous exposed wooden beams.
Author: Shelby Anderson
What’s your definition of LUXURY?
I came across this article in “A Luxury Travel Blog” http://www.aluxurytravelblog.com/2013/03/26/so-what-is-luxury-travel/ . The authors, who are all key role players in the hospitality industry, really sum it up perfectly.
Down “THE RABBIT HOLE”
As promised I said I would tell you all about the Rabbit Hole Hotel and Restaurant in Krugersdorp North. Krugersdorp North is the beautiful “old” part of Krugersdorp, where they still have wonderful old houses, most being built during the 1920’s and 30’s. 
A2A Expedition. Graeme Bell.
We first met Graeme back when he was a YOUNG teenager…actually a tween . Graeme and my little brother Brian were best friends and got up to all sorts of crap. 
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THE WOODPECKER INN. Woodhill Estate. Pretoria
Back in 2009, Woodpecker Inn was one of the first guest houses I visited that was right in the middle of a luxury housing estate. Since then many have popped up in many different estates, The Woodpecker Inn remains one of my favourite, with its handcrafted stain glass windows, immaculate gardens and garden features and the classic decor.
BIDON BISTRO. New hand rocking the Cradle. Cradle of Humankind. Kromdraai.
So on Sunday we decided to check out Garth Mes’s new baby – BIDON BISTRO.Garth has lived in the Cradle all his life, and it has been one of his life’s ambitions to build a restaurant that would be able to serve both the local residents, as well as those coming into our beautiful World Heritage Site. Garth tells me that “bidon” means bicycle water bottle in French. 
HARBOUR PLACE. KALK BAY.
Being more of a ‘bush baby’ my preference has always been the 
bushveld, but when i was invited to stay at Harbour place in Kalk Bay, I jumped at it….obviously . Owned by the delightful Zelda Bezuidenhout and under the banner of Escapology Self Catering, Harbour Place is…well what can I say….spectacular. Situated right on the main road going through Kalk Bay to Simons Town is the 
historical hotel, The New Kings. Harbour Place is one of the self catering apartments in The New Kings Hotel. With spectacular views over the harbour, Harbour Place is the absolute ideal place to relax, catch your 
breath and of course….trawl the street of Kalk Bay and St James. Continue reading
ANNE FRANK TOUR. Amsterdam, Poland. 23rd April – 3rd May 2016
Join us from the 23rd April 2016 to the 3rd May 2016 for the ANNE FRANK TOUR. Hosted by Bryan Andrews from Andprom (www.andprom.co.za) It IS going to be an unforgettable experience. See the basic itinerary below. Just a smidgen of some of the awesome and thought provoking places we will be visiting.
THE WAREHOUSE. S/C Cradle of Humankind. Krugersdorp
So I have this very special friend, Zelda Nel Bezuidenhout, 
whom I met randomly one day a good ten years ago, (serendipity) and only recently does she tell me that she has, not ONE guesthouse, but FOUR guesthouses!!!!! L’escape Eden Island in Seychelles, Harbour Place in Kalk Bay, Cape Town, Kondensmelk & Last Tango Vredefort Dome in Parys AND The Warehouse in the Cradle of Humankind near Krugersdorp!! (All fall under the banner of “Escapeology Self Catering”) http://www.escapologyselfcatering.co.za/
BRIAN GRAHAM GEYER. 23.12.1974 – 02.10.2004
All photos courtesy of Anne Blach Overgaard, who put the beautiful album together for my mom. Photos taken by Anne in Israel, Egypt, South Africa, Denmark and Sweden
We have reached that dreaded day again…the day all our lives changed forever. Like so many people that have lost a sibling and parents who have lost a child, how we long to be able to turn back the clock and have a moment to say good bye. We weren’t given that moment. In a blink of an eye you were gone. Eleven years ago (4015 days ago) you were sadly and tragically taken from us. Not a day goes by that we don’t think of you and miss you. Always something or someone that triggers a memory. Where are you little brother? Love and miss you forever and a day.