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Jonkershuis Restaurant
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Jonkershuis Restaurant

Groot Constantia is home to the magical Jonkershuis restaurant. Although situated on the oldest and one of the most beautiful wine estates in the Southern Hemisphere, Jonkershuis isn't your everyday wine farm eatery - but more of a local hangout, where kids and dogs can run free while parents can enjoy top quality wine and delicious food. 

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Hallstatt and Obertraun
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Hallstatt and Obertraun

For a break from the city, we headed to the alpine towns of Obertraun and the 7000 year old town of Hallstatt. The town has been in existence even before Rome and has been declared a UNESCO world heritage site, so what you see has remained authentic to the way it looked for many years.

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Wachau Valley, Austria
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Wachau Valley, Austria

To get away from the busy streets of Vienna, we boarded a cruise along the Danube into the wine valley of Wachau to get an authentic Austrian experience. 

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Willkommen in Wien
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Willkommen in Wien

Vienna was for decades seated as the capitol of the Austro-Hungarian empire and before that, also the Holy Roman Empire. So in a sense, it has been the centre of the western world for much of history. That explains why every building screams opulence.  

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