Oot and Aboot Wine Tour

Last Saturday me, my roommate Anette, Dale and friend Chris went on the "Out and About Wine Tour" (or the "OOT and ABOOT" as we called it). The tour bus picked us up at 9:00am, and we drove to the Swan Valley wine region to visit 5 wineries, a brewery and a choclate factory......yes, it was as much trouble as it sounds!!!

There were about 15 of us in total....most of the people were 20year old-ish girls from Scotland that are here working. We were all very reserved at the beginning, but after a few wineries that changed!!!

All the wineries we visited were family run, and we sampled white, reds, rose and lots of port! Each winery also gave us a ton of cheese and crackers, and when I asked the tour guide, Claude if the cheese was supossed to compliment the wine, his reply was "nope, it's just to fill your stomach so you don't throw up" hahahaha....ummmm ok. At each vineyard we sampled about 15 different wines, and I actually learned a lot about the different types and now know for sure that i'm a white wine drinker!

The best wine was at the Windy Esates, and we all took a great wine home for $10. Chesters Micro Bewery was the last place we visited, and of course that's where Anette and I ran into our gorgeous landlord!!! I haven't mentioned him before, but now is the perfect time to introduce him..... Anette and I are renting a house from 2 gorgeous 30 year old doctors that bought the house to eventually turn into their private practice. Until they get their permit approved by the council, they are renting to us....very cheap I might add....so, everytime they call us or come by the house, Anette and I tranfrom from our usual mature, sensible selves (haha....feel free to laugh here) into giggling, blushing 12 year old girls....these doctors are soooo sooo wonderful! Not only are the gorgeous, but sooo nice and funny too! and they one that calls me about rent etc...always says "hey sarah, its paul....remember? the good looking one? " hahaha....ok, i digress.....back tot eh original story....

so there we are sitting in the brewery, 5 wineries down....it's 3pm....a crowd of 30-something guys walk in and I say to Anette "doctor, doctor?"....the crowd parts....and there he is....the cuter of the two doctors walking towards us hahahha....Anette and I don't function well on a regualar day talking to him, so you can imagine our giggling and stuttering at that point hahaha.....it was all very funny and after he left dale said wanted to know who he was and why our faces were so red! hehehehe

next was the chocolate factory, where I ran into a guy from my class who was there with his mother and his kids hahaha....The bus ride back to the city was much much louder than it was at 9am!!! all the scottish girls wanted us to go to the pub with them since it was only 4:30 pm! So off we went to Tiger Lilly's to play drnking games.....I was in bed by 9:30 that night!!! hahaha

Next day was our usual sunday routine as Anette and I spent the day at Scarborough beach playing in the waves....I have lots of pics and some really really funny videos I will add!!!!

grrrrreat weekend!

xoxoxo sarah