August 16
Today is our final day of the Napa Valley adventure. When I was putting together our itinerary and researching the various wineries, what drew me to VJB was two things. First, our hostess, Bridget had recommended it because on Saturdays they host a table lunch while being serenaded by Italian tenors. But when I called them I discovered that the Saturday we'd be here, that wasn't offered. As we talked about the experience and I was told it was a wine tasting accompanied by wood fired pizza I knew this would be right up our alley. What I did not realize is that like our first winery stop, it was literally a five minute walk from our home. How convenient! When we arrived we were escorted into a court yard which so very much reminded me of a courtyard in an Italian villa. It was very laid back and I remarked that the experience seemed to me like a neighborhood winery experience. We got to taste four different wines while we ate a lunch of Caesar's Salad and three different pizzas - a Florentine, a bacon & cheese, and a plain cheese. While they were all good, the simple cheese pizza was the most tasty. As we were eating we noted a gelato shop on the other end of the courtyard and asked about it. And once our meal was complete we walked over because I KNEW I wanted to try that. Everyone else wanted to visit a winery next door, and I said that was a good idea, and when they came back for THEIR gelato I'd get a second one :) And to make it an even more unique experience, the gelato I got was a "Raspberry Cabernet" flavor. Just delicious. This evening we will pack and head out early tomorrow morning for our respective flights home. We have already tossed around several ideas for our next get together - and I should add, so many of the places we went and/or people we met asked about how we met. And when it came up that we met on a Viking river cruise and we've been great friends since, everyone thinks that is very cool that we continue to see one another.
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