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The Eleanor! The Honeymoon! Day 17!
January 15th, 2008 · No Comments · The Eleanor
Tuesday January 8 2008
Queenstown (wine/river surfing)
Hot, cloudless blue sky.
Yesterday afternoon we finally got around to planning our time in QT (as they call it) and our first priority was a canyoning trip, which seems to be caving, but above ground – it’s the same mix of stuff - repelling, climbing, waist deep rivers and adding [...]
Tags: NZ·river surfing·wine
The Eleanor! The Honeymoon! Day 11!
January 5th, 2008 · No Comments · The Eleanor
Wednesday January 2, 2008
Blenheim to Nelson
Sunny and Hot
Another lovely DIY breakfast, and we head for a couple more vineyards, it’s a very short drive to Nelson so we have a bit of time. We start with Hunters, which a fairly well known one, the winemaker, Jane Nelson, was named best female winemaker in the world, [...]
The Eleanor! The Honeymoon! Day 10!
January 5th, 2008 · No Comments · The Eleanor
Tuesday Jan. 1 2008
New Years Day
Blenheim
Sunny and quite warm
We have a nice sleep in, befitting the late even, and I cook up dinner. What you say? Why are you cooking? Well, the Cottage has a cute little kitchenette, and when you order breakfast they deliver the makings to the room the night before, croissant and [...]
Jaleo - The Alex
October 11th, 2007 · No Comments · Restaurants, The Alex
Saturday in DC we had the pleasure of a visit from my father-in-law Mac, who was nearby on business so of course it would be criminal not to come visit little Stewart. This in turn meant a visit to the nicest restaurant in town that we felt was baby friendly. Enter Jaleo, a DC tapas [...]
Tags: Baby·jaleo·Restaurants·spanish food·stewart·tapas·washington dc·wine