in vino veritas (melissa's spelling)

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today we drove to my home town....picton!! we left kaikoura early....melissa insisted on driving. i clutched the sides of my seat and grunted a little of nervousness. HEY NOW!! IT WAS NOT BAD AT ALL. IN FACT, I WAS RATHER GOOD. I DIDN'T STALL A SINGLE TIME, I ONLY SHIFTED INTO 2ND INSTEAD OF 4TH (OPPS!) ONCE AND ONLY DROVE ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE ROAD A HANDFUL OF TIMES. ALL IN ALL, VERY SAFE, VERY NICE. very windy and very scary. heh.

as soon as we arrived in picton we hopped on a wine tour. we travelled through marlborough....famous for it's savignon blanc (BOY I DO LOVE ME A GOOD SAVVY)....and tasted tons of wine. the weather was wonderful. sun shining down on us (THE WINE WENT TO OUR HEADS FASTER THAT WAY). WE BOUGHT A FEW BOTTLES TO BRING BACK TO SHARE*

AFTER THAT WE WENT TO A REALLY GREAT WINE AND APPS CRUISE, BUT THE WEATHER TURNED CRAPPY, SO WE WON'T TALK ABOUT THAT. BUT IT WAS LOVELY TO SPEND THE TIME TOGETHER :O)

*NOTE FROM A WEEK LATER. THE WINE IS GONE. SORRY, KIDS. BUT WE ARE A COUPLA WINOS HERE :O)

we take the ferry from picton to windy welly tomorrow. (i put the picture in the wrong place). the weather is beautiful as always.

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Photos

vinyard view
on our wine tour.