Maayan, Tomer and me

The wine festival

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February 10th 2007
Think of a food festival, with different booths all around and a lot of people in the middle. You can picture TAAM HA'IR, if you must. Now take out all the advertisements and those big commercial stands. Add some nice music, not too loud and a lot of nice, relaxed New-Zealanders (aka Kiwis). And now imagine that most of those booths are selling wines in ridiculous prices. Now put this whole scene ... read more

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The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more