Wanderings in Graaff Reinet

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In the mornings and evenings I wandered through the streets of Graaff Reinet – it was quiet and I loved the white walls of the houses, and the dark green doors and shutters. We stayed in one of the listed buildings, Mossievale, no.7 Park Street – wonderful, I can highly recommend it to you.

Mossievale, 7 Park Street, Graaff Reinet
Mossievale, 7 Park Street, Graaff Reinet

Somerset Street, Graaff Reinet
Somerset Street, Graaff Reinet
Water furrows in the streets of Graaff Reinet
Water furrows in the streets of Graaff Reinet

Broekie lace!

Broekie Lace in Graaff Reinet

Te Water House
Te Water House

Graaff Reinet

Graaff Reinet

Gracious homes are round every corner.

Graaff Reinet Graaff Reinet

Graaff Reinet

I love the long stoeps – verandahs to the English!

Graaff Reinet

Stoep in Graaff Reinet

Graaff Reinet

Graaff Reinet

The doors and the fanlights were wonderful. And all over Graaff Reinet the bouganvillea enhanced doors, pergolas, walls.

Graaff Reinet

Bouganvillea in Graaff Reinet

Bouganvilliea in Graaff Reinet

Graaff Reinet

Graaff Reinet

2 Responses

    • Candy Blackham

      The old town is very beautiful, and the houses are very well adapted to the climate. People sit on the stoep in the summer and the breeze keeps it cool, and the shutters on the windows keep the heat out in the summer, and in in the winter

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