Winelands & Cheetahs

Day 4 in Africa saw the family leaving Cape Town and heading to the South African Winelands in the Western Cape.  We did a wine tour at KWV.  It was a bit corporate but Katie asked many questions about international business and marketing with the lady who ran the tour.  Then we headed to the Cheetah reserve.  Jeremy and Katie both got to pet cheetah cubs named Peter and Pedro.  They were both very cute.  It was amazing that we actually got be up close and personal with these amazing animals.  Next we went to a wonderful wine tasting which inspired us to get many presents for people back home.  Then we went to the famous chocolate experience.  This consisted of us going to a chocolate factory, getting chocolate squeezed into our mouths, eating filling out of our hands, and making chocolate truffles.  I think we ate enough chocolate to last us a month since when we were inside making the chocolate we could eat any amount of chocolate we wanted.  We partook quite a bit.  Brian (Katie’s brother) ate so much chocolate that he felt like bursting afterwards.  He had a particularly good time.  In the evening we headed to La Residence in the Winelands where they greeted the ladies with bouquets of flowers and everyone got bottles of champagne.  This place is truly heaven on earth.  Our family was the only one staying at the whole hotel and they made us a private tasting dinner with wine pairings.