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In this issue:
from The Circle Volume 20
by John Stretch
1. The Nellmapius legacy
The Irene Dairy Farm is a great place to visit.
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Hugo Nellmapius made and lost several fortunes in his lifetime and was a friend of President Paul Kruger and General Jan Smuts. The barn he built in 1890 is still used today to feed the cows of the Irene Farm milking herd.
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2. St-Émilion.
The village of St-Émilion in south-west France enjoys a reputation as one of the world’s greatest wine regions. It’s no wonder it attracts more than a million tourists every year and is registered as a heritage site by UNESCO.
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