Breakfast was confusing at the Victoria Manor in Cradock as to what was served vs self-serve.
Back at our cottage, packed up, and made some cheese sandwiches for lunch with bread and cheese we had bought yesterday at True Living.
It's a 4.5 hour drive to Bloemfontein and we took it slowly, stopping to stretch at one of the picnic stops found every few km along the highway. Our route took us on the N1, the main highway between Cape Town and Jo'burg. The opposing traffic was packed with people leaving Jo'burg for their Christmas holidays, mostly to the coast.
It was very windy and dusty due to the extended drought in southeastern Africa. We stopped for lunch and ate our cheese sandwiches.
We arrived at the Franklin View about 3pm. There wasn't much time to get to museums or art galleries (they close at 4pm) so Bloemfontein turned more into a transit stop, even though it's possible to spend a day or two.
Gustav (the owner) made us reservations at Margaritas. It's rated #6 of about 80 in Bloemfontein and was only a ten minute walk. Gustav assured us it was safe to walk to the restaurant (there are safe spots in South Africa, but you need to get local advice).
A huge dust storm blew up on the distance around 4pm, but by 7pm it was calm and we walked over to Margarita's.
It's both a steak and seafood place, we went for the steak. The steak was okay, cooked perfectly, but nowhere near the excellent steaks we had in Argentina and Chile.
Walked back home without issue, and went to bed.
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