We woke early and packed our cases. We had breakfast delivered to the room and once that was finished we checked out.
Alicea was chatting to the doorman and discovered he was from Carmel one of our destinations and he gave us some places to stay and eat while we were there. He also told us of some good wineries in Napa.
We left our cases in reception and walked to the car rental place just up the road. Initially, they gave us a hatchback, which was no good as it had no cover over the boot. While they found is a new car, I went back to the hotel to get the cases and Alicea turned up shortly after in a Ford Taurus.
We made our way out of the city and towards Napa. The traffic wasn't too bad and we arrived in Yountville about 10am.
After booking into the hotel, we had a coffee and walked into the town. There is a food and drink festival here today, and they were just setting up.
We then made our way to the French Laundry restaurant for lunch. Wow! What a meal. The nine (plus various amuses, sorbets and petit fours) course menu was unbelievable and the service was perfect. At the end we got to look around the kitchen and we were given a huge Easter egg and other choccies and biccies.
We then went back to the hotel, where our room was now ready and got changed, before wandering down to the town to partake in the food and drink festival.
We had a tour around the French Laundry vegetable garden and tried various wines. We also won the raffle, which we donated to the staff at the French Laundry as we had such a great time there and we wouldn't be around to be able to claim the prize.
We then went back to the hotel.
Alicea was chatting to the doorman and discovered he was from Carmel one of our destinations and he gave us some places to stay and eat while we were there. He also told us of some good wineries in Napa.
We left our cases in reception and walked to the car rental place just up the road. Initially, they gave us a hatchback, which was no good as it had no cover over the boot. While they found is a new car, I went back to the hotel to get the cases and Alicea turned up shortly after in a Ford Taurus.
We made our way out of the city and towards Napa. The traffic wasn't too bad and we arrived in Yountville about 10am.
After booking into the hotel, we had a coffee and walked into the town. There is a food and drink festival here today, and they were just setting up.
We then made our way to the French Laundry restaurant for lunch. Wow! What a meal. The nine (plus various amuses, sorbets and petit fours) course menu was unbelievable and the service was perfect. At the end we got to look around the kitchen and we were given a huge Easter egg and other choccies and biccies.
We then went back to the hotel, where our room was now ready and got changed, before wandering down to the town to partake in the food and drink festival.
We had a tour around the French Laundry vegetable garden and tried various wines. We also won the raffle, which we donated to the staff at the French Laundry as we had such a great time there and we wouldn't be around to be able to claim the prize.
We then went back to the hotel.
