Tulbagh

Tulbagh was the day's surprise. We picked up some brochures in Ceres and Tulbagh looked really interesting. Our destination was !Kwah Tuu but the detour to Tulbagh looked short and interesting. And that was one good decision.

Tulbagh"s Church Street is the best example of 19th century Dutch colonial street.The street is not just a historical delight but also a culinary one. Most of the houses as often happens when tourists come have been transformed into guest houses or restaurants. So, we went in one of the restaurants that has an interesting common name, Restaurant 29. It looked like a garage but inside is an artist gallery but what attracted us was the sign, Belgian cooking. We badly wanted some coffee.

The Belgian Lady who owns the place has once lived in Canada (Aylmer, Whitby and Kingston) so the conversation became quite animated. Moreover, just outside is a peacock that kept pecking on the owner's dark blue shiny car. My husband thought that this is one ugly peacock who kept seeing his ugly face reflected on the car so he kept pecking on it. The gentleman owner was peeved as his car is almost classic but his wife kept feeding the peacock as her way of luring the peacock away from the car. The husband thinks of the day when he'll see that peacock in his pie, it's rightful place as far as he is concerned.