My venture

Yes...there will be two parts again...my mom and i decided to take a few days girl time in Cape Town...we chose a hotel in Mouille Point...location was good...but there is a hell of a lot that could be done to improve the hotel...we literally just slept there...so it was ok...but to actually stay longer...no way....it was a little run down and staff was unfriendly....the name was Splendido.....so our aim was to relax, enjoy various tastings (wine, choc, cheese) and good food....so that is what we did over the next few days we did quite a few tastings....and this blog is about the tastings that my mom and i discovered.... Waterford: Choc and Wine tasting....they paired three chocs with three wines....2 dark chocs each with a red wine and then a milk choc with a dessert wine.... Wine and choc tasting at Waterford I loved the exprerience...for me the first 2 chocs with the red wines worked fabulous...the last choc and the dessert wine did not work for me..the milk choc was enhance...

So of course we have gone to some places again....some new...some old...but i think worth mentioning them...i mean an old place can get worse or better....and a new place can be a distaster....so i might as well discuss them all....and if you are not interested....tough luck.....so lets start.... Pomodoro (Morningside Shopping Centre): An old favourite...always go back..and i always find something..but then again that is because i love my carpaccio and i love my carprese....and yes...i love the fact that one can have a half portion pasta for mains....so...this time...nothing fails me having the carprese....and my mom decided on the prawns and we would go half half...dad and kim...fried calamari...apparently it was excellent...kim didnt even give me time to try....was all finito by the time i could think about trying....prawns were excellento....and of course carprese as always good....for mains kim and my dad had the veal milanese...last time kim was jealous cause he thought my dad...

How nice to come home to SA for a little bit....of course braais were needed and wanted....filet, springbok loin, lamb chunks, de-boned whole chicken.....what more could you ask for.....and no, that was not all on the same night....excellento foodies....in my next blog im gonna write about a couple of places i have gone to whether it be coffee or dinner...kim was of course so excited to drive the Harley again that we did a day trip up to Pretoria....why there...cause it is Jacaranda season....purple trees everywhere....unfortunately not indigenous to SA but one of the symbols of Pretoria between October and November....and i have to admit, yes i am embaressed, that i have never gone and seen them.....of course we also have in Joburg but never to the extend like they are in Pretoria....so up we drove on the highway...first towards the street....Herbet Baker, where there are the white Jacaranda trees...they were nice...but nothing....wow..... Kim, the bike and the white Jacaranda tree...

So....as promised....enough about food....let's see some pics of Provoo and Helsinki....Provoo is about a 40min drive from Helsinki and it is like a picture book...the old town is so beautiful....wooden houses in all different colours...so pretty.....and the stores have such quaint little things....i really loved it....we went to one of the restaurant pubs and it was so nice inside...wow...have a look at the pics from Provoo.... The old town Famous candy and choc store....Brunberg....but I just love the board with the name...we also went to the factory...and you can taste all the goodies...yummie The pub Kim and his sister Katja Porvoo also has a very pretty church with a clock tower and we also went inside the church.... Clock tower next to church I just loved strolling around Porvoo...Helsinki was also very pretty...it remined me a little bit of Zurich...one main street with all the big shops and then a lot of side streets....the city is right on the sea and t...

Yes...again...part I and then there will be a part II.....so we arrived in Helsinki around 11pm and by the time we arrived at kim's parents house it was almost midnight....and we were welcomed with a smell of fresh food...potato bake with anchovies....served with pickled beetroot....it was delicious.....of course i had to take a photo....not the best quality photo....but your mouth will start to water.... Midnight snack: Potato bake with anchovies and pickled beetroots So throughout my time in Finland i was spoilt with good food....trying a lot of new goodies which is we all know...what i love to do...where to start.....well at the beginning of the food journey (part II will be about the sights and experience)....the first thing that i found rather interesting was that kim had his breakfast cereal NOT with milk but with rhubarb soup (cold soup)....different....not bad...but i must admit...i did prefer the cold milk over my cereal in the morning....kim's mom also baked ...

So....as promised...there is a second part to my last few weeks spent on the ship.....so the team received €50.00 from a guest and it was decided to buy goodies....food goodies.....chips and chocs for the team....organise some springrolls and pizza and have a karaokee evening....no, i dont sing.....but i like listening to bad singing...and the best part is when some people think they sing really well....but they really dont....the evening was fun....sadly they ordered vegetarian pizza.....but springrolls were fab and of course lindt chocs yummie.....and then the evening ended at the white hot party in Spinnaker Me, Mark and Blanca Christine, Alfie, Sascha, me, Mark, Blanca and Shewta So...the last cruise was quite special.....we had 700 Elvis fans on board..and yes...Elvis was all around the ship...with his hairstyle and white suit.....and Priscilla Presley was also on board with the TCB band.....The TCB band features 3 original Elvis band members with a new singer, but he has...