Esa Santa Rosa-South

... of scenery and hopefully some excitment! On Wednesday Rob and I are heading up the coast with his mum and dad and spending the nightin Mendocino. Then Thursday we're meeting up with Doug and Flick to camp in the Anderson Valley then Eugene, Portland, Idaho... before heading up to Vancouver to settle down and work out our lives...<br><br>New Adventure.. starts now.

... or American oak, the level of toasting and so on. The guides are very agreeable sorts and encourage questions. Nick, our guide, led us into the candlelit cave with Andre Bocelli music piped in to accompany our wine tasting directly from the barrel.<br><br><br><br>Historic caves at the Del Dotto Winery in the Napa Valley<br>Most people haven&#8217;t actually done a barrel tasting ...

... up and the guy Jamie was great. A beautiful ranch, we sat in the lviing room and drank a collection of great pinots and syrahs. Second we went to the ever famous Chateau Montelena. (Winner of the imfamous Judgement of Paris 1976 tasting for their 1973 C******nay). After being greeted by the world's biggest douchebag, we were passed onto Mary-Ann this sassy 50-something year old woman who gave us a great tasting. We got to try the 2003 C ...

... over to NZ right? The evening ended with various members of the party trying to persuade me to join them in the hot tub. My moon-shot through the window pretty much told them that I was not going to play.<br><br>What I saw: A foggy vista the stretched all the way from the south bay area right through to the north end of wine country. Well worth the slog up the hill and if you don&#8217;t believe me see the pics at FB.<br><br>What I listened to. The Mac! I should ...

... of vines clinging to steep sided hills and a 'cave&#8217; (human dug tunnels into the hill) where the tasting happens but the wine was a little bland. Not bad at all, just not memorable. The only one I liked was a late bottled Zinf which was sweet and fruity like so many of my friends J Ferrari (or whatever it was called) had much more distinctive wine &#8211; being one the designated drivers I could not taste too much but ...

... We skipped driving through the "Avenue of the Giants" segment because it was raining, the road is narrow, winding and where you can't take a motorhome anyways. Observation 1 - Although the redwoods grow straight, the bark and the grains spiral in a clockwise fashion. I wonder if they're counter-clockwise in the S Hemisphere? Observation 2 - Every roadway, creek, bluff, valley, overpass ...

... charging $25 for a tasting so I decided to pass tasting at those wineries and bought a wine glass instead from the Dionysus winery, which looked like something from Ancient Greece. The main reasons for coming to Napa Valley was to try out the Zinfandel type of wine. I found a copule of wineries that had it available for tasting and it was quite nice. I bought a couple of bottles only this time as I ...

... around 8 pm and she gave me soup and introduced me to her family which they seem nice. I finally made to bed and tried to fall asleep as soon as possible. However, at around 2am I was freezing and I did wake up at 4am. I get to get to the school at around 9am to start training but the good news is that one of my coworkers took me to the school in order to start my transition to the school. Ok well that's about it for the first day. Stay tuned for the second day! Over and out!

i hate mondays, u have 2 wake up early and go 2 school! we got A LOT of math 2day but it is doable. it was hot 2day, i even wore my sunglasses! we had a long music assembly but it was somewhat cool. all i wanted to do was to sunbath but when i got home it was 2 late! Andrew decided 2 make a board game 4 Jessica ...

... having an unwanted "gift" basket of zucchini delivered when away. When we arrived with Claudia at the Sacremento Friends Meeting for a "100-mile potluck" we noticed a box of lemons on the floor with a sign saying, "please take as many as you want," confirming our ponderings. A delight in arriving at the Meetinghouse was the banner hanging outside welcoming us! (see photo) The conversation following our presentation that night was full-ranged and exciting. On this evening a ...