November 1, Rain and Wine

We did a birder thing this morning and visited the Paarl Sewage Ponds.  😝  Sewage ponds can often be very birdie, but we just had pouring rain, lots of wind and a few birds - thus, no photos from there!  Just getting us ready for home!  We were actually passing the time before the wineries opened for wine tasting.  We tasted at 2 and ate lunch at another one, with the wine being very acceptable at both, and Tom's cheese plate being "wonderful" at the other one.  Too bad the weather wasn't less cloudy here because the surrounding mountains and the endless vineyards really are stunning when you can see them.  We've checked in online for our afternoon flights home tomorrow afternoon, and my next blog post may be from Joberg or Frankfurt since we have 5 hour layovers at each place.

Photos are of one of the many Helmeted Guineafowl that began making a racket in front of our room early this morning, the vineyard view from our room, the front and the back of Lovane Guest House where we're staying, the view from the front porch of the guest house,  tasting room at Spice Route Winery and then the view, tasting room at Bilton Winery, enjoying lunch at Fairview Winery.