The Huguenot Museum and Monument

I had a morning in Frankschhoek before I needed to head to Johannesburg for my safari so inevitably I took the opportunity to visit the Huguenot Museum. Actually there are several parts to it. The section where you buy tickets is very provincial museum in style with dusty display cabinets with old heirlooms and photos from the old Huguenot lifestyle in he area

Then across the road is the section with more imaginative and modern displays in an awesomely pretty setting

And there is a perfume museum. Why not?

The church was hosting an exhibition of floral displays which were extremely impressive.

 

All aboard the wine tram

When I said Frankschhoek only had one tourist attraction I was ignoring the wine tram. Because it is only a method of transport really. But a genius idea. The town is surrounded by wine estates. Which of course you can reach by car. But then you can't drink. So the answer is the wine tram. Supplemented by tram looking buses like this one top take you to the estates that are not on train line.

So you but your ticket and you can hop on and off the tram as it goes to the various estates, all of which do wine tastings (and food). So Joe and Nat had organised this trip for us all

You couldn't ask for a nicer setting in which to quaff numerous glasses of wine. Hic.