Well, we are now at home in Victoria after exactly 3 weeks of travelling and adventure. Last night we stayed just south of Bellingham, so it was an easy drive home today.
Thanks for tuning in to the blog. It will be a diary for us for our trip, and it provided some light entertainment besides. All the best to all of you.
Wednesday, 5 October 2011
Monday, 3 October 2011
Monday, October 3
We had a nice day here in Lincoln City, walking on the beach and taking it easy. We will head for home Tuesday and get there tomorrow or Wednesday. I am posting photos below of the Napa Valley and Oregon Coast.
San Francisco and Golden Gate Bridge in the background
A vineyard somewhere along the Napa Valley
Castello di Amorosa, the castle I mentioned
before where we took the tour
Grapevine at the castle
The story about the castle
Dana on the drawbridge
Courtyard
The 'Grand Room' where only royalty and
nobility would be admitted. At this castle,
you can rent this for prvate functions
Part of their vineyards and view from the castle
Grapes being put into the crusher
Some of the red wine vats
Some of the casks
Dana getting a taste wine from our guide.
He gave a lesson on how to properl taste wine.
Everyone lined up to have some put into their glass.
I called it 'Jonestown'.
Wine tasting at the end of the tour
Oregon
One of the views along the coast
In front of our hotel
Sunday, 2 October 2011
Sunday, October 2
Here we are in wonderful Lincoln City, Oregon. We are at a Best Western right on the beach, and I can hear the roar of the sea.
Yesterday we drove up the Napa Valley, and took a tour of Castillo di Amorosa, a real castle that is a winery. We took a fascinating tour, and at the end there was a wine tasting of 5 different wines. We took photos, but you can really see it better at www.castellodiamorosa.com . There are photos there, and a video. It is really interesting. It was built recently, but the fellow who owns it did it authentically. The bricks are hundreds of years old, and many of the other materials were brought from Italy, and again, are hundreds of years old. He was collecting things for about 30 years. What he could not find, they built the way it would have been built 700 years ago. It is 121,000 square feet, and on 8 levels. It was really interesting.
We drove the rest of the way up the valley to Geyserville, where we returned to 101 north. Last night we stayed in Crescent City, California and drove here to Lincoln City today. I expect we will be in Victoria by about Wednesday. Marg and Sandy are on the coast as well, and we think we will connect in Portland on Tuesday.
I will post some photos on Monday.
Yesterday we drove up the Napa Valley, and took a tour of Castillo di Amorosa, a real castle that is a winery. We took a fascinating tour, and at the end there was a wine tasting of 5 different wines. We took photos, but you can really see it better at www.castellodiamorosa.com . There are photos there, and a video. It is really interesting. It was built recently, but the fellow who owns it did it authentically. The bricks are hundreds of years old, and many of the other materials were brought from Italy, and again, are hundreds of years old. He was collecting things for about 30 years. What he could not find, they built the way it would have been built 700 years ago. It is 121,000 square feet, and on 8 levels. It was really interesting.
We drove the rest of the way up the valley to Geyserville, where we returned to 101 north. Last night we stayed in Crescent City, California and drove here to Lincoln City today. I expect we will be in Victoria by about Wednesday. Marg and Sandy are on the coast as well, and we think we will connect in Portland on Tuesday.
I will post some photos on Monday.
Saturday, 1 October 2011
Saturday, October 1
Well, here we are in the Napa Valley, just about to leave Napa and head north on Hwy 29. We will then get back to 101 at Geyserville, California.
We had a nice time in San Francisco. We stayed on Fisherman's Wharf which was lovely, and yesterday Dana took a city tour before we left. It was just a short drive to get here.
So this morning we will take in a few wineries on the way. I cannot get over the fact that they charge for tasting their wine. At the visitor centre yesterday we heard that one place charges $40 for one glass for two people. They said the wine costs about $200 per bottle from this particular place. Evidently the average price at other wineries is $10 to $20. To taste their wine? Good grief!
Hoping to get to Eureka tonight, since there is not much in the way of services between Geyserville and there. We will post again from the Oregon Coast.
We had a nice time in San Francisco. We stayed on Fisherman's Wharf which was lovely, and yesterday Dana took a city tour before we left. It was just a short drive to get here.
So this morning we will take in a few wineries on the way. I cannot get over the fact that they charge for tasting their wine. At the visitor centre yesterday we heard that one place charges $40 for one glass for two people. They said the wine costs about $200 per bottle from this particular place. Evidently the average price at other wineries is $10 to $20. To taste their wine? Good grief!
Hoping to get to Eureka tonight, since there is not much in the way of services between Geyserville and there. We will post again from the Oregon Coast.
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