Apologies, it turns out that our wedding registry is with a store that does not have online shopping. This is unfortunate, but sadly SA is a bit behind UK in terms of internet use and development. Many stores don't even have a website with more than a homepage and there doesn't seem to any shop we like which offers a wedding registry + online shopping.
Options: (i) save your money and spend it on your own holiday in SA; (ii) visit @Home store when you get to Cape Town; (iii) buy something in UK and bring it out; (iv) we accept cash in most internationally recognised currencies!
;-)
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Wedding registry
We are really looking forward to seeing you all at our wedding, it's just around the corner now!
We have set up our wedding gift list at @Home. You can find our list at the following link:
www.home.co.za/giftregistry
Our registry number : GR3300730000094
Other ideas are:
- @Home gift vouchers
- Woolworths gift vouchers (N.B. British people: not the bankrupt UK high street chain, see www.woolworths.co.za)
- US Dollar cash to take to India on honeymoon :-)
Your travel plans
Please can you send Sam and I your travel plans - flight arrival details and whereabouts you are staying in the run up the wedding. It will be nice for us to be able to keep track of who it turning up when.
Thanks
Thanks
Saturday, September 5, 2009
West Coast places to stay
For those visitors unfamiliar with the West Coast, there are some wonderful places to stay around an hour north of the wedding venue. Some of these places are quite isolated in terms of not having big supermarkets and loads of restaurants nearby, but those things are within about 30 mins drive away. Some of you will agree with us that isolated is perfect! Lots of accommodation is house rentals, so you have kitchen and braai facilities to cook up a feast yourself.
The huge benefits they do have are peace and quiet and great, long, empty, golden beaches! It's bliss. If we could afford it we would buy a holiday home on the beach up there right now!
Paternoster - a lovely fishing village with a few good restaurants (Noisy Oyster, Paternoster Lodge, and Voorstrandt which is right on the beach). Has a good range of accomm including house rentals, guesthouse and B&Bs. Long, wide beach.
Golden Mile beach, Shelley Point, Britannia Bay - these are all the same place really. If you can find a house to rent on the front row on Golden Mile beach then we really recommend this - the houses have short boardwalks over the fynbos right onto the beach. This is one of the only north facing beaches in the area, which means you get awesome views of the sun setting in the Atlantic from the deck of your house! Shelley Point is next door to Golden Mile beach, and more of a holiday complex with secure access and a golf course.
Not much in terms of restaurants on your doorstep, but Paternoster is under 30mins along a gravel road, and the St Helena Bay Hotel restaurant nearby is worth a visit (just once maybe!).
Langebaan - a bigger, popular town with local holiday makers. Much more in terms of accommodation options and shops and restaurants. They have a nice marina area, a lagoon and plenty of beaches. Also on the south side of Langebaan linked by the lagoon is the West Coast National Park, which is worth a visit to drive around the lagoon, stop off at the Atlantic view points, ride bikes, walk trails, kayaking, visit picturesque Churchaven, etc.
Saldanha - just north of Langebaan, also a popular spot for summer stays
These are just some ideas - if you are interested then you should start to look at booking soon as Jan is peak holiday season and these places are popular with the local holiday makers.
The huge benefits they do have are peace and quiet and great, long, empty, golden beaches! It's bliss. If we could afford it we would buy a holiday home on the beach up there right now!
Paternoster - a lovely fishing village with a few good restaurants (Noisy Oyster, Paternoster Lodge, and Voorstrandt which is right on the beach). Has a good range of accomm including house rentals, guesthouse and B&Bs. Long, wide beach.
Golden Mile beach, Shelley Point, Britannia Bay - these are all the same place really. If you can find a house to rent on the front row on Golden Mile beach then we really recommend this - the houses have short boardwalks over the fynbos right onto the beach. This is one of the only north facing beaches in the area, which means you get awesome views of the sun setting in the Atlantic from the deck of your house! Shelley Point is next door to Golden Mile beach, and more of a holiday complex with secure access and a golf course.
Not much in terms of restaurants on your doorstep, but Paternoster is under 30mins along a gravel road, and the St Helena Bay Hotel restaurant nearby is worth a visit (just once maybe!).
Langebaan - a bigger, popular town with local holiday makers. Much more in terms of accommodation options and shops and restaurants. They have a nice marina area, a lagoon and plenty of beaches. Also on the south side of Langebaan linked by the lagoon is the West Coast National Park, which is worth a visit to drive around the lagoon, stop off at the Atlantic view points, ride bikes, walk trails, kayaking, visit picturesque Churchaven, etc.
Saldanha - just north of Langebaan, also a popular spot for summer stays
These are just some ideas - if you are interested then you should start to look at booking soon as Jan is peak holiday season and these places are popular with the local holiday makers.
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