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| Sisters: Amanda, Jessica and Samantha |
Last Sunday our family went to Tulbagh for the "Christmas in Winter" weekend event. You might think it's strange that I'm doing a post about Christmas in the month of June. While all my readers in the Northern Hemisphere are having fun in the sun, we're experiencing winter below the Equator. We don't get to experience a cold Christmas, so a historical town near us got this neat idea to have a yearly event during our winter in June that includes Santa and Glühwein (German mulled wine).
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| Big brother, Jeremiah, and little sister, Amanda |
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| Youth playing xylophones Hubby took this photo of me and the girls. |
Tulbagh had a well organized two-day event. Entrance tickets were not expensive and you only had to pay once for both days. Included was a brochure with a map and program as well as a Christmas hat. For a little bit more money you could go wine tasting at the many different wine estates with the wine glass that was included. Kids were for free.
We spent most of our time on Church Street looking at the various food and craft stalls, museums, and art galleries. The museums were included in the price of the tickets. We only visited two wine estates as half of our group wasn't old enough to do the wine tasting. We do want to go back, because Tulbagh has many wine estates and we would love to visit them.
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| Hubby and the kids |
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| Baby Jesus in a baby carriage |
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| Cat lying on a hay stack |
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| Dog dressed up for Christmas Tulbagh Country Guest House |
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| Glühwein for sale at the Tulbagh Country Guest House |
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| Tulbagh Country Guest House |
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| Tulbagh Country Guest House |
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| Tulbagh Country Guest House |
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| Tulbagh Country Guest House |
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| Tulbagh Country Guest House |
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| Cape Dutch Quarters |
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| We bought Amanda a noise making toy from one of the crafters |
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| Great Dane |
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| Little Dog |
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| Gift Shop Tulbagh |
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| Entrance to an Art Gallery |
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| Community Gardens Produce |
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| Community Gardens Produce |
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| Parade |
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| Santa handing out sweets |
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| The girls bought animal hats |
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| This lady was in period dress at the Victorian era Museum |
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| Curious Cats Gift Shop |
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| Curious Cats Gift Shop |
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| Girls listening to live music at the Saronsberg Wine Estate |
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| Santa tractor ride at Saronsberg |
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| Entrance into Montpellier Wine Estate |
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| View of a Little Church from the Montpellier Entrance Hubby took this photo |
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| Fountain at Montpellier Wine Estate |
Another neat annual event near
us is the Nuy Valley Feast
