Yesterday the place cleared out, with the Birches heading south to visit their niece, and the Kirkendall’s heading back to Vegas. We went into Sonoma and did lots of touristy type stuff on Friday, and hit a couple of my favorite spots.
One of those spots was Murphy’s Irish pub. We sat around and had a beer. The pub was a big contrast from last time, when it was like a scene from Cocktail. Anyway, we also went to the Cheese Factory on the plaza, and Vella’s Cheese off the plaza. We did a quick walk by the mission, and then off to my mom’s winery – Gundlach Bundschu. After all of that we went back into town for pizza at Mary’s Pizza Shack. As an added bonus, they had Fat Tire beer available in 22 oz. bottles there.
Today I’m off to town to see if I can dig up luggage for my trip. The trick is buying the right luggage – as soon as I get to Japan I won’t really need it anymore for at least a year, so I don’t want to get the Samsonite stuff. I’m going to dig around Wal-Mart and Target instead. Japan is less than two weeks away. Time to get serious.
