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| Sunset at St. Kilda |
I've been in Melbourne for a little over a month now and I am absolutely loving it. It seems like I've been here longer, yet time still flies by every day. If I'm not going to class I'm out exploring the city, and every night there's something to do. They go out a lot on weekdays here and the weekends are a little more relaxed. Last Sunday we rented a car and took a break from the city for a day to go wine tasting in the Yarra Valley!
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| Driving into the yarra valley - lush! |
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I felt like we had left Australia and stepped into California. It was a perfect 80 degree, sunny, and blue skies day which put Eileen, Hilary, Joe and I in the perfect mood to go vineyard hopping and taste lots of wines. Overall we went to about 3 wineries, one cider press, and a brewery. At one of the wineries, we spent about an hour talking to the owner who was the nicest woman in the world. She gave us heaps of free samples and told us how she came to run the vineyard, Coombe Farms. Basically her life now consists of taking care of her 9 month old (we got to meet her and I don't think I've ever seen a more perfect and beautiful child in my life!) living for free on the vineyard, and getting paid $23/hour to sit around and talk to strangers about wine. Sounds like the life! We bought a bottle of champagne from her for $30 yet it sells at restaurants for $250 a bottle - what a deal!
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| Wine tasting menu at Yering Station - all samples free! |
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| America has a really good rep here... |
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| More of the Yering Station vineyard |
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| Joe, Eileen, and I loving the Yarra valley |
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| Huge bottle at Coombe Farms |
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| Tasting some BEER |
Overall it was an excellent day. We stopped for lunch at a great cafe and ate some great focaccia sandwiches. We drank wine. We made friends with fellow wine tasters. We stole apples from the cider orchard and ate them as we sped away. We spent barely any money. We basked in the sunshine. I never want to leave!
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