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WINE TOUR '01

Here are we, one for all, and all for one. The wine tasting is in full swing. It is amazing how many wineries still exists between the hi-tech industrial landscape. Captain's Log: 6th of May, 2001, late in the night
WE KICKED OFF THE WINE SEASON SOMEWHAT EARLY THIS YEAR. FOR ALL OF US WHO NEED TO REFRESH THEIR MEMORIES FROM YESTERDAY, WE (ALEX AND DORA) WILL PRODUCE SOME DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE OF . . .

. . . THE COMIC FIGURES WE BECAME ALREADY AFTER THE FIRST WINERY. UNSTEADY WALK, WONDERING GAZES . . . CANNOT RECOGNIZE YOURSELF? CLICK ON THE PICTURE(S) FOR DETAILS.

HOW IT STARTED
Sun and hot weather are back here in Silicon Valley. And what is better than a cool and shadowy cellar to enjoy it?
The admirable IBM Hiking Club in the person of Hidi organized the Santa Clara Wine Tour. Ready to the challenge, a sizable
group of volouteers was rapidly found and assembled.

A GLUTTONOUS STORY
Some wineries were so bad that they even expect you to bring your own wine! Well, at least their picknick table was excellent.

ALL IS WELL WHEN IT ENDS WELL
At the end of the day, content and smiling, we drive back to the base, behind us a long trail of empty bottles and dirty glasses. Prosit!
One thing was sure though: wine drinking is not only physically levelling experience (although this time nobody managed to lie in the gutter) but culturally levelling too. To prove this we have a picture quiz: who is the Japanese and who is the Italian?

This is somewhat easier test: on which picture is Bruce sober?

[The correct answer is: the picture on his driving licence]

PS: THIS SITE WILL BE ON THE SERVER FOR THE NEXT 30 DAYS.

SOME PICTURES FROM OUR WINE TOUR '00

Click them for original size. .

Here are we, one for all, and all for one. The wine tasting is in full swing. It is amazing how many wineries still exists between the hi-tech industrial landscape.	Captain's Log: 6th of May, 2001, late in the night WE KICKED OFF THE WINE SEASON SOMEWHAT EARLY THIS YEAR. FOR ALL OF US WHO NEED TO REFRESH THEIR MEMORIES FROM YESTERDAY, WE (ALEX AND DORA) WILL PRODUCE SOME DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE OF . . .
. . . THE COMIC FIGURES WE BECAME ALREADY AFTER THE FIRST WINERY. UNSTEADY WALK, WONDERING GAZES . . . CANNOT RECOGNIZE YOURSELF? CLICK ON THE PICTURE(S) FOR DETAILS.
HOW IT STARTED Sun and hot weather are back here in Silicon Valley. And what is better than a cool and shadowy cellar to enjoy it?	The admirable IBM Hiking Club in the person of Hidi organized the Santa Clara Wine Tour. Ready to the challenge, a sizable group of volouteers was rapidly found and assembled.
A GLUTTONOUS STORY	Some wineries were so bad that they even expect you to bring your own wine! Well, at least their picknick table was excellent.


ALL IS WELL WHEN IT ENDS WELL At the end of the day, content and smiling, we drive back to the base, behind us a long trail of empty bottles and dirty glasses. Prosit! One thing was sure though: wine drinking is not only physically levelling experience (although this time nobody managed to lie in the gutter) but culturally levelling too. To prove this we have a picture quiz: who is the Japanese and who is the Italian?

	This is somewhat easier test: on which picture is Bruce sober? [The correct answer is: the picture on his driving licence]