After journeying to over eighty coffee shops there are still a number of places in PE we have yet to visit. Last Thursday, though, we decided to head a little way out of PE just for a change of scenery. January 17's Crawl took us to Mauro's at Elephant Walk Country Village at Cows Corner in Colleen Glen. The "Village" is home to an Indigenous Nursery, a Cottage Shoppe which is chock full of antiques and collectibles, and a Farm Shoppe where customers can purchase fruits, vegetables, dairy products, preserves, and much more.
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| The elephant footprint path |
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| Ellies, ellies, everywhere.... |
After filling your boot with treasures and veggies, Mauro's, just a short walk from the shoppes down the elephant footprint path, provides a beautiful spot to stop for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. Sixty patrons can enjoy the country coziness inside while about fifty can be seated in the beautiful gardens outside. There's plenty of off-street parking available. Mauro's hours are Tues, 8-3; Wed-Sat, 8-late; and Sun, 8-3. The eatery at The Elephant Walk has been in existence for years but has come under new ownership as of October, 2012. Owner, Lisa Nettl, and Manager/Barista/"Jill of all Trades," Adel van Rensburg, were both on-site Thursday and took some time for a pic and a chat with the Crawlers. Thank you, ladies, for the warm welcome.
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| Meet the Manager and Owner Adel and Lisa |
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| Cozy inside seating |
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| Garden seating |
The first order of business as this week's Crawlers, Stella and Beryl Dawson, Gail Darne, Nomusa Nkomo, Fran de Beer, June Nash, Leanne Waller, Beth Vieira, entered Elephant Walk Country Village was to check out the shops. The need for a caffeine fix soon got the better of us, though, and we quickly headed toward Mauro's. Once seated with teas and LavAzza coffees ordered we sat back while Fran caught us up on Mandy's move to Guernsey. Sounds like all is going well.
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| This Week's Crawlers Gail, June, Fran, Ellen, Leanne, Beth, Stella, Nomusa, Beryl |
Now, in light of both Fran's and my daughters' recent departures from extended visits in South Africa, we started discussing "the empty nest." Then,..... enter Leanne, whose two children (including the youngest in grade R) just started back to school for the year the day before the Crawl. Leanne is feeling the "empty nest" big time albeit only during school hours. All that free time to fill and nothing to do..... I'm sure you'll figure it out, Leanne,..... and love it!!!!
For some reason, no one was up for round two so we called it a short Crawl and headed home.
~Thank you to Lisa and Adel for the wonderful hospitality and great coffee.
~Happy Birthday to my sister, Elaine, in Erie, PA - January 23
~Happy Birthday to my father-in-law and still President of the PE Coffee Crawl Fan Club, Sabie, in
Binghamton, NY - January 24
Until next week,
Ellen
