Worcester is a place whereby in the morning and in the evenings you can hear the sound
of the birds and when it's windy you can hear the trees and in the middle of the town you
can smell the freshly grounded coffee and bread and also a bit of the sea and people
chatting over a cup of coffee and laughing and just relaxing enjoying being in Worcester.
My name is Joseph and I'm the blind barista
Coffee to me it's a symbol of peace where people can sit in with harmony without any
conflicts and
you know it's it brings people together and it's the most beautiful thing like when you
smell the coffee as well you you know the smell of the coffee as well you know it brings
a lot of things in your mind whereby you will always remember the place like Worcester as
well the home of coffee
Worcester's one of those towns where everybody fits in.
Whether you can see or hear, whether you speak loudly or softly.
It doesn't matter who you are, or what's important to you.
There's a place for everyone.
I am Stephne Botha and we are in Worcester at Innovation for the Blind.
Worcester is naturally for me a wonderful, pretty town.
We have the mountains surrounding us,
and I don't know, there's just something about
Worcester that gives me that "wow feeling" I'm just mad about the town.
Other people might moan about the wind, because Worcester does get a lot of wind, but wind
is also good, it brings rain and keeps the atmosphere clean.
I am Phillip Pool and we're here at the Worcester Moeder Geemente (MotherChurch)
You know, there is something they say in Afrikaans about Worcester " If you come to Worcester
and you love Worcester, it will embrace you " but if you don't like Worcester, Worcester
spits you out.
it's so it's that kind of town you either fit in or you don't fit in some places say
it's clicky but it's not clicky, clicky comes from being in sports clubs like the golf club
or the tennis club or anything like that but Worcester people are fantastic they are very
caring, very shy, funny enough if I had to say the average person in Worcester is shy.
That's that's what I have found.
What I like about Worcester is also it's a valley, surrounded by vineyards.
One hour from an airport Cape Town.
So here you are stuck away, but near enough, and then we have the mountains which change
daily.
As a painter I love doing landscapes and I cannot get enough of the valley and its change
of color and how the valley looks as the day progresses, and the seasons, very beautiful.
I love Worcester because I feel safe here.
Hi I'm lorna Reid and we are in Worcester in the Cape
Worcester, if I can use a sentence in English " I'm really a lover of Worcester", this valley.
It's a town with a very warm heartbeat.
It has people that make you, when you drive back through the mountain, that make you feel,
no I don't want to, I want to go back to Worcester.
Worcester stole my heart.
The landscape, the wines, the olives is naturally my heartbeat, my passion and where I also
work.
So for me it's a privilege to be part of Worcester, it's a beautiful place.
I am Riana Wium and I am the manager of the Worcester Wine and Olive Route, and we're
sitting here in the heart of Worcester.
I found that one thing that the Worcester people do have is the ability to tell stories,
and that engaged us immediately.
You can walk into a shop, you can walk into, whether it's in a mall, whether it's out in
the sticks and you can ask for advice, if you're on a wine farm there's no such thing
as the competitive element that stops them from promoting another wine farm.
So they would say to you go from this one to that one to that one, have you been to
go and see where you can catch trout, what is your like, what do you like to do on a
weekend, what is your background, and that's the kind of questions that you don't normally
get being a first-time visit in a place so I found that to be very welcoming and different,
and in engaging, and as a result of that it made me want to find out more about what's
going on here, and I think in the three years that we've been down here we're still finding
out a lot more of what is available.
My name is Graham Abrahams and we're currently in Worcester in the Western Cape.
For those that lust after adventure, there are fantastic mountain bike trails, there
is a wonderful landscape to discover, the humanity of Worcester is wonderful.
People care about each other, they enjoy conversation.
It's always nice when you come and talk to people in Worcester, and support local, and
enjoy our wine and olives.
The cellars are beautiful, and the wines are champion wines, the olives, champion olives,
and we're ready to welcome you and to spoil you.
A person must approach Worcester with a calm manner, don't rush into the town and frantically look for things.
Stop somewhere with you car and get out and walk, and admire things.
I think this is the overall picture of Worcester, a person must take it easy, look for the things,
they are there, you must just look for them, and value them, hopefully.
Worcester people see with their hearts, not necessarily with their eyes.
I think Worcester is a place where people come here and they feel they have worth.
So for all of us who are going on holiday, it's a good idea to actually make an effort
to stop at the towns that you've heard about and go have a look because you might surprise yourself