Every year Franschhoek residents, and visitors (yay), get dressed up in white, red and blue and wear berets (it’s the only day of the year you can get away with it) in commemoration of their forefathers. There is lots of eating, drinking, dressing up, walking about. So we’d like to say this is another winner for us.

The festival has a bit of history, and has been going for years, but we’re more interested in the good times to come.

The storming of the prison fortress La Bastille in 1789, is seen by historians as the turning point in French history and the beginning of what became the French Revolution.

An entire weekend is set aside to indulge in all manor of delectable food and fine wine, which sounds like reason enough for us to get back out of town, and into the Franschhoek valley.

As you can see, people get dressed up and walk down the street - amazing!

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Born in England, Nick has been living in Cape Town on and off for quite a while and even spent a year here and there at a few local schools. While doing his degree, at the University of Plymouth in England, he decided that a good lifestyle was more important than a stable job.

Having spent some childhood years in Cape Town, there wasn’t much of a descision to be made and when he had the opportunity to work in Cape Town for a year, he jumped at the chance. One of Nick’s early ambitions was to learn more about the heart of Cape Town, the streets, the places and get a job! Another of Nick’s passions is surfing, which is probably the real reason he came to Cape Town, so if there are any articles on beaches and the word surf pops up a lot, you will know why! Always looking for new things to do, new people, new restaurants and places to go, we hope Nick will keep the website fresh and fun.

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