Heaven on earth? almost...

Our last destination on this trip was Stellenbosch. There is a huge (the biggest I have ever seen) university. On the campus you find a shoppingmall including cinema, banks, hairdressers, travelagengy and a real estate agent. The students don't have to leave the campus to live... Crazy stuff. Yes we went to Stellenbosch because of this university. We met a very good friend of mine who waas in erasmus there. He showed us around the city. and suddenly we realised that there is more than this campus;-) 

Campus

Zevenwacht

Stellebnosch is a quit old city a 50 minutes drive from Capetown. There is a pretty old town, there are lots of studenthomes, shoppingcentres and the most important thing - the vineyards around the city. Remember we have been to South Africa in wintertime. So we had one rainy day but the other days the sun was shining and it was really hot. 

One day we went hiking again. This time on Stellenbosch Mountain. It was not very high but as we didn't find the right path we had to climb up. Not very good for me as I'm afraid of heights. But I did it! From the top we enjoyed the magnificent view over the valley of Stellenbosch. Be aware of snakes and other animals... For the way back home we took the official path. 

I you have time in Stellenbosch go to one of these nice vineyards. Don't go to these big vine estates next to the mainroad entering the city. Their wine is not good. Yes, there is bad southafrican vine! We found it sadly.

Go to one of the estates outside the town. I suggest Zevenwacht it's a very pretty one. http://zevenwacht.co.za/
Stellenbbosch has a lot of very delicious restaurants. They are not cheap but worth every single Rand. I want to mention one place for brakefast. Oude bakery is the name. Just try it out.