One of the oldest barns in the Cape was built on Vergenoegd. The barn has cobbled floors, troughs and thatched roof was restored to its original glory from a dilapidated state in 2015. It now houses one of South Africa's pre-eminent fine dining restaurants.
It is named after Mrs Clara Loew, wife of owner Prof. dr. dr. Peter Loew from Germany. It was inaugurated in Feb 2022.
The restoration of farm buildings has a deeper purpose: it reconnects people with the past, their family and friends who had an association with Vergenoegd and it restores pride in the surrounding community.
Claras Barn celebrates authentic, indigenous SA cuisine, including the wine estates' own range of award winning wines and its wine heritage since 1696.
We had the pleasure of indulging in a wonderful 6 course lunch and wine pairing lasting over 4 hours.
good that you guys are restoring to reconnect people with the past. here, they are destroying monuments and changing names of "white" people because they were associated with the ugly past. people can be foolish.
this is a very well composed shot, Diana. love the cobbled ground and that light beyond is fabulous. aces!
@jyokota - thanks. a lot of people are not happy with my opinion - that we should learn from the past mistakes and eradicating their memories does not do anything to correct those mistakes and make sure they do not happen again. i have a friend who is white and she got fired from her work because she "liked" on facebook a comedian's view on those topics. she told me that if i was white, i would've been fired and cancelled for expressing my opinion, which often bites but rings true. where's the world coming to?
@summerfield A great comment Vikki, thanks. Here they are even going further, monuments have been destroyed too and the street names have all been changed to those of the "struggle heroes "
this is a very well composed shot, Diana. love the cobbled ground and that light beyond is fabulous. aces!
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