South Africa - Franschhoek: Bliss

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    Franschhoek is a village in the Western Cape of South Africa, famous for its' fine wine and award winning resturants.

    From Wikipedia: The valley was originally settled in 1688 by 176 French Huguenot refugees, many of whom were given land by the Dutch government in a valley called Olifantshoek ("Elephants' corner"), so named because of the vast herds of elephants that roamed the area. The name of the area soon changed to le Coin Français ("the French Corner"), and later to Franschhoek (Afrikaans for "French Corner"), with many of the settlers naming their new farms after the areas in France from which they came.

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    1. Photog addict 30 months ago | reply

      I live 15mins away and I've never really been photographing here!!! O.o This is absolutely beautiful!!! Great work! :)

    2. South African Tourism 7 months ago | reply

      Hi, I'm a member of the Love South Africa. group and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.

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