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fall scene - IMG 20151113 153120
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mussels in tomatoes and sherry - 31 week annie
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Bryan with a stalk of sprouts - IMG 6270
Sous absconds with one and actually eats the whole thing. - IMG 6277
Turns out all it takes is a little bacon to turn any vegetable delicious. - IMG 6271
Eventually. - Wine shopping
Our second day of driving took us from Basque Country into La Rioja, where you are basically required to shop for wine. Bryan picks out three bottles at a little shop in Haro: one Crianza, one Reserva, and one Gran Reserva. - IMG 4301
Ah, pictures out of moving car windows. - IMG 4307
More pictures from a moving car - IMG 4300
The road to one winery. - IMG 4310
What they presume to call a "grocery store" in Napa: bread, cheese, fancy spreads, alcohol. And masses of people. - IMG 4298
Leslie goes to Napa with Jenn and Julie. They pose in front of the vineyard on a rickety and picturesque wagon. - IMG 4302
At another vineyard. Fall is a beautiful season to go: the ground is green and the vines are red and gold. - IMG 4313
Julie and Jenn fawn over Coach hats. - IMG 4299
Less of the hills, more of the people. - IMG 4306
Julie, in the backseat - IMG 4303
more of Napa - IMG 4305
Jenn drives. - IMG 4308
again - IMG 4311
Julie and Leslie kick it outside. - Vineyards
The countryside was ridiculously picturesque. This shot was taken from the parking lot of an over-the-top museum about wine-growing/making/loving, looking toward the town of Briones. - Grapes
Leslie appreciates some wine grapes. We may have also sampled them. - IMG_2506
The main room made for excellent lounging. - IMG_2527
We rolled through quite a few long, long tunnels. - IMG_2574
okay, and popular art - IMG_2507
The walls and chimney are original to the 17th-century blacksmith's. The guest rooms have been built around the edges of the large store room used to pile coal. Lots of stone and dark metal and wood.