sometimes, it all just comes together.
the players: piero’s mamma (maria pia) and fratello (andrea) are visiting from sardina. they have our spare room. crashing on our living room floor are our london friends dave and marta.
further up north, jaimee has touched down in brisbane for a mad 10-day visit of family, friends and home.
touring victoria are cynthia and gez – part of the london gang who now live in sydney.
the challenge: i want to catch up with jaimee, but i’m entertaining guests in sydney. gez and cynth want to catch up with mutual friends dave and marta but are holidaying in victoria. and piero needs to show his family some australian countryside.
the solution: move everyone to the hunter valley wine region. and add a few more friends to boot!
i hired a 7-seater and drove piero, maria pia, andrea, marta and dave to the hunter. on the way, we picked up jaimee fresh off her flight from brisbane.
on saturday, cynth and gez arrived to take part in the day’s wine tasting. that night they headed back to sydney with jaimee who got her 9pm flight back to brisbane to continue her whirlwind adventure down under. perfect!
along the way we were joined by good friends emily, katie and melanie.
was it worth that much coordination? i think the pics answer that!
the hunter valley highlights:
- we stayed at splinter's guest house in pokolbin
- wineries i would rate are: scarborough, mistletoe and ernest hill.
- heading there, we drove the tourist route from sydney and on the way back we went via lake macquarie (the actual lake that is, not the town), the entrance and showed our european mates something they don’t always see: the pacific ocean.
That sounds like the type of thing I love to do!! (used to do anyway :-) Sounds and looks like you had a blast!
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