Friday
11th December
Barossa
Valley/Adelaide
We
awoke to a slightly overcast day but we weren't worried. Our
destination today is the Barossa Valley on a pilgrimage to Maggie
Beer's Farm Shop.
The
trip to the Barossa took us north from Adelaide and it's only about
an hour. It was fun to drive past some iconic wineries like Penfolds
and Wolf Blass with their spectacular cellar doors.
We
found Maggie's place down a back road and it was a treat. The staff
obviously love her and the shop is packed with her provisions. We
had pheasant and mushroom terrine for lunch, fresh out of the oven
and a local “Beer” Riesling - fab! We also took over the
kitchen/ studio where the ABC's Cook and the Chef is filmed, and did
our own private photo shoot.
Back
home to our apartment an we were pleasantly surprised to find that
the cleaning fairy had been through. A lovely afternoon nap then we
hit the town for a night out. Didn't get to bed until 1:00am –
dirty-stop-outs :)
Saturday
12th December
Adelaide
Whilst
Nic slept in Jim popped out to collect the Saturday papers and then
it was a long leisurely breakfast over the papers. As the weather
looked promising we headed back to the famous Maslin beach for an
afternoon in the sun then back for a late siesta. We're going out
late tonight to check out the famous Mars Bar – the preeminent drag
bar in Adelaida. Doesn't open until 10:00pm see who knows what time
we'll get in.
