Hunter Valley Wine Tour

First of all, I was told their were some problems viewing the pictures from my first album. I believe I fixed the problem, so please let me know if you are still having trouble seeing the pictures.

Today we went on a wine tasting tour in Hunter Valley. The morning started off rainy and gross again, but the sun came out eventually and stuck around for the rest of the day. We went to three different wineries (we ate lunch at one), a Smelly Cheese Shop and a chocolate shop. We were encouraged to at least try every wine, but when you try 8-12 different kinds of wine at each place and you take a couple sips of each you can end up feeling a little wobbly by the end of it. For me, the wine tasting just reinforced the fact that I prefer red wine to white. We also tried several dessert wines which are very sweet. I liked them, but one or two sips was plenty. I couldn't imagine drinking a whole glass of it.

On our tour there were two other American couples and two girls visitng from Hong Kong. The American couples were an older couple from Pasadena, CA and a young couple from Kansas City, KS (of course). We have now on three occasions met a person from Kansas. The girl we met today actually knows our old neighbor Stacey Buck. It's a small world.

We got back around 6:30pm and had a dinner "booking" at Peter Doyle's for 7:30. Doyle's is a famous seafood restraunt that sits right out over Circular Quay (pronounced "Key"). We were seated on the outdoor patio, and I had the Harbour Bridge Directly in front of me and the Opera House on my right. It was pretty incredible. I ordered the Crocodile tail for dinner! It was very very good. I wanted to be a little adventurous considering our days here are numbered, and I'm sure crocodile in the states isn't quite the same. We wandered around a little after dinner taking it all in.

Tomorrow we plan to spend the whole day at the beach. The forecast is sunny and in the high 70s to low 80s. I know it will be my final dose of warm weather for a while, so I'm going to take full advantage. For those of you who live in Indy, I'll see you soon.