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Staying at a Winery
... about a
few places that we should not miss. We found a Wal-Mart and went in to
pick up a few things. As we walked through one of the isles we came across the wine
section. Well, wine here starts at $1.97 per bottle for most California wines and a 4L jug of Julio Gallo is only $8.99. We don't know how good these wines are but we can’t make it for that back in NS.
Then it was back to Star and our winery for the night. After supper we ...
A Drive in Wine Country
... sits around a central plaza, green and lush, spotted with fountains. We enjoyed lunch in the plaza, found another playground (I think I could actually write a guide to playgrounds in California... or I will be able to by the end of our trip!), and Phoebe and Blake splashed about in one of the fountains. We had to drag them away! Last stop today was our accommodation for the night, a cabin on a property called Mountain Home Ranch, near Calistoga. This afternoon we ...
Wine Tasting and Casino Day
... br> We wanted to stop at a wine tasting vineyard so we picked Jeriko Winery. So glad that we did because we were the only ones there and got to sample a couple of nice wines. It was a beautiful place the the guy let us walk around the vineyard, go out where the grapes were and even sample the grapes on the vine. It was fun.
Tomorrow we drive back to Oakland for the night and fly out at 6:00am.
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Ready to Fly!
... Sea and up the coastline. Not quite sure where we are staying those two days - playing it by ear. Then we stay in Venice for two nights in an apartment. Later, we drive to Chianti, Tuscany where we have a villa for 9 nights. We will take day trips to Florence, Umbria, Pisa, Lucca and other small villages. There is the Perugian Chocolate Festival in Perugia that we want to go to (yum). Tom ...
New WWOOFers and a Decision to Stay
... it's tough. She also said that to make room for the new girls, she and I would sleep in The Inn, above the wine bar, until the weekend guests arrive.
Eventually Eric, for the first time really, gave us a group pruning lesson. He finally conveyed all the dos and don'ts. They have only hosted WWOOFers for two years but they've had 200 of them so I guess it is understandable that he is a little scattered. There were mistakes out in the field, ...