Don't Touch the Animals! Travel with the Baysides: Franschhoek Continued

We spent a week in Franschhoek-- the "French Corner"-- so named for the Huguenot farmers and wine-makers who settled in the area. Our friends Nic and Gill treated us to braais (Braaibroodjie!), days out adventuring, and evenings talking over glasses of wine. It was amazing. We visited wineries -- Avondale, Boschendale, and Babylonstoren. Richard and Nic got some golf in, while Gill and I had some nice, relaxing walks through fynbos trails near the Franschhoek dam with Lucy and Siri (flower girl and best man at the wedding).

The town of Franschhoek is lovely, welcoming, and beautiful with its white-washed Cape Dutch architecture and small shops along the main street--Huguenot Street. The Terbodore coffee shop around the corner was one of our last visits before getting into the rig and heading out. We picked up a Bialetti coffee maker for the road. Terbodore really was the "Big Dog Cafe" with an entirely mellow, huge Great Dane lounging on the couch--not really caring if we bought coffee or not. I didn't even notice him until we were leaving. I really should have gotten a picture. Nonetheless, I have plenty of Franschhoek pictures to share.