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Mar 22, 2017 - Wine Country

Wine tour by bicycle this morning in Marlborough region. Driving to Nelson ( beer country) this afternoon. Arrived in Nelson which reminds me somewhat of Nelson, BC, except for the ocean part.. The drive through the mountains to get here was quite similar𯘁.. We found a very nice hostel and plan to stay a few days in this area to sea kayak and hike.

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Apr 5, 2010 - Wine tasting... again!

The small town of Renwick took us to yet another wine tour, this time by bicycle! You simply hire bikes for the day, grab a map and cycle around the flat roads, taking your pick of many wine tasting establishments, all offering free tastings. We had beautiful weather for it and had a long, lazy lunch in a vineyard serving rose wine and cheese platters. Definitely the way to spend any afternoon!

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Mar 17, 2010 - Marlborough Region - Mar 15-17

March 15, 2010 We got up fairly early and made the most of the free Monday morning bagel breakfast at the hostel before catching a taxi to the airport. We arrived in plenty of time but there was no sign of our airline at the main check-in desks. I checked our confirmation and it said that Sounds Air flew out of Gate 4 and to go directly there. We walked straight through and “checked in” for our flight. Checking in involved telling a man we were there and him taking our luggage – no ID checks, no security, no x-ray, no boarding pass, no...

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