{"id":51,"date":"2022-10-11T12:31:43","date_gmt":"2022-10-11T19:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sombermoose.com\/trip\/?p=51"},"modified":"2022-10-11T12:32:55","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T19:32:55","slug":"first-full-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sombermoose.com\/trip\/index.php\/2022\/10\/11\/first-full-day\/","title":{"rendered":"First Full Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We managed to wake up in our new time zone<\/a> this morning in reasonably good shape. Our Hotel is lovely, and we had a wonderful breakfast at the hotel restaurant, which earns high marks from all of us. I managed quite well with a salmon eggs Benedict and a pretty good cappuccino. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We took a walk around the neighborhood that surrounds our hotel, and it is a beautiful, active downtown area with lots of unique shops, restaurants, galleries and historical buildings. We will be returning to spend some more time in a couple of the shops, especially one notable leather shop, and a couple of outstanding jewelry stores. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We had a reservation at the Waterford Wine Estate<\/a>, where we had great lunch (with wine). We then went on a tour of the estate with a very cool and bright young economics graduate student as our guide, the four of us, and a mother and daughter (both in the 50+ demographic) from the Netherlands. The estate is in a beautiful mountainous area, and is quite large. Our guide, Jason, made it an absolutely enjoyable tour… which we finished with more wine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All in all, and outstanding way to start the trip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n