I visited South Africa at the end of June/beginning of July 2016 to attend the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown. A play I wrote was being performed at the festival (by Kabosh Theatre, Belfast). A wish of mine has long been to visit Robben Island so before leaving Ireland I looked at the options for accommodation in Cape Town. As soon as I came across Sabrina's place I knew I had found what I was looking for. If anything, Sabrina does not do enough justice to what she offers. She is far, far too modest. I got a huge room with wonderfully comfortable large bed, a three-seater settee, wardrobe, and dining table with four chairs. I also had a balcony space with another two-seater settee and two chairs and coffee table where I could sit and sip wonderful red wine as I watched the sun set on the ocean. And besides all that I had access to the kitchen facilities at any time I wanted.

In terms of the host, well, Sabrina is one of the warmest, intelligent, interesting, loveable hosts you could ever wish for. I was no sooner into the apartment when she got me hooked up to the Uber site for taxi rental - it is an app on your phone where you can get a taxi from your location to wherever you wish to go, it provides you with an advance estimate for the cost of the journey and once you book it you then get a photo of your driver, his/her name and the reg and description of the taxi. The cost is taken directly out of your Visa card so no cash changes hands with the driver - unless you wish to tip which is at your own descretion. A wonderful system and incredibly cheap. Sabrina then directed me to the local computer store as my ipad had locked during my travels but not before she tried to help me repair it using her own computer. In total, the sum of my experience of spending time at Sabrina's apartment was one of calmness, rest, and peacefulness. Having travelled a fair bit around the world and staying overnight in much different standards of accommodation I could not praise this apartment - and Sabrina - enough.