BIKING WINOS

Sept 6, 2008

Today was our first big day of sightseeing down here in Marlborough. We took forever to get out of the hotel, but once we did, we rented bicycles and went winery hopping. On the way to the bike place, in the car, we were laughing about something, and Jen was driving, and out of the corner of my eye, I see her gum flying out of her mouth, kind of like in the movies when the Heimlich maneuver is performed and the piece of veal shoots out across the room, like that. We were dying. It was just plain strangeness.

 

 

 

Winery hopping via bicycle.

The bike riding and wine tasting was about as good as it gets. The countryside is beautiful, similar to Napa, except prettier, and the bikes were really fun. The bike rental place has a backup van in case you: get a flat, drink too much, or buy too much wine. The bikes come equipped with a 4 bottle holder saddle, which I thought was cute.

Scenes from wine country

It was the day after the rain

Where all the white grapes at?

At our FIRST winery, Jen was on the 2^nd level and I was on the third, and she just ate it—slipped and fell. I took picture of the incident. It was classic.

From the 3rd floor of a winery.

Me on the 3rd floor, JD on the 2nd, just before her big fall.

More from the road

The obligitary cemetary.

Mooooo

Moooo

Baaaaaahhhhh

The winery where we had lunch

Lunch

JD riding like the wind

Pee Wee Herman riding like the wind

This is Nigel—he owns the bike rental place. I found him in the latest Lonely Planet NZ edition, which just came out this month, and I had the pleasure of reading him his review from the book. He was excited. I took a picture of this momentous occasion and I will be sending it to good ‘ol Nige via email.

Nigel and his Lonely Plante review

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