.: MENU visits the Karoo and the Garden Route 3. Calitzdorp

We finally left at a quarter to 2 and headed for Die Bakhuis, a restaurant down Wesoewer Road, off the R62, in which Mike Neebe has an interest. We really needed food fast to fill the void and they make good Pizzas, Hamburgers and Trinchado. We ate on their small terrace, watching so many birds flitting about the trees and splashing in some escaped leiwater below; definitely stop there if you are a twitcher. Then we ventured into town to find an ATM as our next accommodation only takes cash

Spacious inside with a pizza oven and built in braai

and a good deck with views of orchards

Hard at work making pizza bases

A view of Main Street, Calitzdorp from the deck

Lots of cakes and koekies on offer

Old signs everywhere

Who remembers this one?

Did he come from the Vondeling wine farm?

Heavens, not one we might have put up!
But an emotive note to our history

The stoep was raided by this clever little field mouse who likes pizza crumbs

A Cape Canary in the tree next to the stoep

The view across towards the Swartberg mountains which we would cross the next day

Hmmmm

The cooks busy dressing our pizza

A fig tree with ripening figs in the garden

One of the owners busy at work too

Bud break on the vine on the deck

One of the local churches, seen from the deck

Lynne decided to be adventurous and, considering her love of lamb, this was a given
A pulled lamb and mozzarella pizza! It was very good, but very filling so some was consumed later for supper

John went for the Trinchado, but it’s a very different style from the one he loves;
this is not as fiery as the one with garlic, chilli, red wine and beef stock at Diaz Tavern, and it has a creamy sauce
Of course we had lunch with some Axe Hill wine