On long business trips, one of the main ways I keep my sanity and relax is to go exploring. I’ve been to the southwestern city of Capetown a few times and wanted to try the eastern side of the country. What a beautiful Beach City!
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I am here in South Africa for two weeks on a business trip. What a mixed journey of good and bad! On the negative side, KLM lost my luggage somewhere between London and here. On the positive side, I got a nice open middle seat in my row on the 12 hours of flying here. It will be a busy few weeks of training, but I should have a nice weekend in Durban and then a few...
Scary story: I got sick. With what? I don’t know. How? Still a mystery. The worst part…I was about 6,000 miles from home and my doctor. Around the second week of my work trip, I started getting really bad headaches and fever. I tried to power through Monday’s work with some ibuprofen but it just got worse. Eventually, I found myself bedridden for...
I have a 2-week work trip in Johannesburg and decided to take the 90 min flight to Cape Town for a nice weekend. While the mother city is currently experiencing a water shortage, they have no shortage of wine. Here are a few highlights.
We did a little bit of chocolate tasting as well…
It was also fun to see some traditional winemaking.
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The main goal for today was to enjoy the Two Oceans Aquarium. I’ve lost count of all the ones I’ve visited around the world. I love aquariums. Then, I enjoyed the penguins. They have Rock-hopper and African Black Footed penguins. In addition to my usual enjoyment of an aquarium I was able to secure a behind-the-scenes tour with the Penguins! The male was...
Today I took a wine tour in the Stellenbosch region. I never knew that there was a wine culture in South Africa. According to history, the Dutch and the French had a large influence on bringing wine making to this area in the late 1600s. Honestly, I’ve never been all that interested in Wine. During my years of bicycling around the Lake Erie region I usually...
This journey marks my 3rd trip to South Africa. All of my trips have been to Johannesburg for 1-2 weeks of work. My first trip gave me a bad impression of the country primarily because of a painfully long flight and and the culture shock. On my second trip, I found an easier way to travel and had some friends along. For this trip, I decided I need to see somewhere...
By a convenient combination of my rental lease expiring, my Japan Vacation, and a bunch of work trips happening all at the same time I got to be homeless (some say nomadic) by choice. About 8 years ago, fresh into my first home purchase without doing the proper math, I had myself a “delightful” panic attack as I tried to sleep each night. At that time my...
After a week of team meetings in Cleveland I was flown off to Johannesburg (via Detroit and London). I did this trip about 2 years ago for the first time where I was introduced to the nightmare of the 15-18 hour flight from Atlanta or New York. I can usually handle about 7-8 hour max of being stuck in a coach seat. After that, due to back pain and dehydration, it...