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Day 6
Cape Town to Franchoek via Hermanus. Today the road trip started in earnest, we set off in Cape Town after a lovely breakfast and headed out onto the N2 motorway towards Hermanus. Now I have to say the roads are in pretty good condition however there seems to be a national road building scheme going on on every single road we wanted to travel on, well this wouldn't normally be a problem but the way that they let traffic through the roadworks is in 10 minutes segments so basically you're sat waiting for 10 minutes even if there is no traffic on the other side of the road, hey ho, we are on holiday so it didn't really matter and it gave us a chance to enjoy the beautiful scenery which between Cape Town and Hermanus is absolutely spectacular with winding roads through mountains and beautiful coastal scenery. Hermanus itself is a beautiful little town and is famous for whale spotting, the whales come into the bay during their migration. Unfortunately I think we are right at the end of the season now so were unable to spot any. To console ourselves we went for a lovely lunch at the Peartree restaurant which is in a fantastic spot overlooking the coast and is thoroughly recommended if anyone is ever down this way. After lunch we headed on over to Franchoek by the mountain passes, there are plenty of vineyards on the route and we had to stop at certain one called Newton Johnson for obvious reasons. Since I was driving I couldn't actually partake in the wine tasting but Fi enjoyed the a nice Sav blanc and Chardonnay of which we just had to bring two bottles back. The price of the two bottles was around five pounds each, fantastic bargain given the quality of the wine. We then continued our drive into Franchoek .We arrived at the Gable Manor hotel and were met by Dino who welcomed us. Gable Manor itself is a beautiful boutique hotel with small swimming pool and a veranda covered with vines.
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