Mofanana ndi alendo ambiri amalonda, ndapita ku San Francisco kawirikawiri kukachita bizinesi. Misonkhano, misonkhano, malonda, malonda a malonda, misonkhano ya mgwirizano, pali zifukwa zambiri zokwanira kuti mabanki azipita ku San Francisco. Ndipo nthawi zambiri ndimangofika mumzindawu, ndikuchita bizinesi yanga, ndikupita kuti ndibwerere mwamsanga mwamsanga, nthawi zina ndibwino kuchita zinthu zosiyana, makamaka ngati muli ndi masiku owonjezera.
Oyenda amalonda akupita ku San Francisco ayenera kulingalira kuwonjezera pa masiku ena owonjezera, kaya asanatuluke kapena atapita kuntchito yawo, kupita kumpoto ku Napa Valley kwa masiku angapo apumulo ndi kumasuka.
Kum'mwera cha kumpoto chakum'maŵa kwa San Francisco pafupi ndi ola limodzi ndi theka, Napa Valley ndi malo abwino kwambiri kuti oyendayenda amachoke pamsonkhano wotanganidwa kapena pamisonkhano yovutitsa ndi makasitomala kapena chiyembekezo. Napa Valley ili ndi ntchito zambiri komanso zosangalatsa zokhazikika kwa munthu aliyense wamalonda.
Kotero, ngati mukupita ku San Francisco kukachita bizinesi ndipo mukufuna kutenga masiku angapo ku Napa, ndilo mndandanda wanga wa ntchito zoposa za Napa kwa oyenda amalonda.
Tsamba lachimake
Simungathe kupita ku Napa popanda ulendo (kapena maulendo ambiri) ku gorogolo (kapena wineries). Napa Valley (ndi pafupi ndi Sonoma ) ali ndi malo ochuluka kwambiri oyendetsa ndege, okhala ndi vinyo wodabwitsa, maulendo okondweretsa, ndi maonekedwe okongola.
Ndipo mwinamwake malo abwino oti muyambe kuyendetsa Napa Valley "bizinesi" ndi Stag's Leap Wine Cellars (onani apostrophe-pali kwenikweni wineries ndi mayina ofanana. Pali Stag's Leap Wine Cellars ndi Stags 'Leap Winery. Kuthamanga kwa Stag).
Mphepete mwa Vinyo wa Stag ndi ya mbiri ya Napa Valley.
Mphesa yachiwiri ya winery, mu 1973, inayesedwa ngati vinyo wofiira kwambiri padziko lonse pa Chigamulo cha Paris m'chaka cha 1976. Leap Stag yachititsa kuti Napa Valley iwonongeke pa mapu a dziko lapansi ndipo makampaniwa adaphulika chifukwa cha kupambana.
Masiku ano, alendo omwe amapita ku Stap a Leap Wine Cellars akhoza kuyendera bwino kwambiri zomwe zimapangitsa kuti apange mpweya wabwino kapena amatha kukhala kunja (kapena mkati) ndikupaka vinyo wodabwitsa (ine makamaka ndimakonda SLV Cabernet Sauvignon ndi Cask 23). chifukwa cha minda ya mpesa ndi pafupi ndi Stags Leap Palisades. Pa tsiku labwino, kulawa ndi malingaliro ochokera ku Stag's Leap Wine Cellars alendo kumalo ena ali abwino ngati aliyense m'chigwachi. Winery imapereka ulendo wopambana wokhala ndi mpikisano wothamanga wopatsa mwayi wopita kumapanga. Maulendo ambiri amaphatikizapo zakudya zosankhidwa, ndipo zosungirako zimakonzedwa. Ndikulangiza kwambiri kuti ndiyendere maulendo a pa Leap Wine a Stag kwa aliyense woyenda bizinesi.
Balloon Ride
Monga momwe ndinapezera pamene ndinapita, Napa Valley ndi malo abwino kwambiri okwera basi. Ma balloons otentha amayamba m'mawa uliwonse pakati pa chigwachi ndipo nthawi zambiri amayenderera kupita kumzinda wa Napa. Nthawi zina amapita kumeneko mofulumira, nthawi zina amangoyendayenda, ndipo nthawi zina amayandama kuchoka ku Napa.
Zonse zimadalira mphepo ndi luso la woyendetsa ndegeyo.
Mpaka nditakwera ndi baleti ndi Napa Valley Aloft Balloon Adventures Sindinazindikire momwe kuyendetsa piyendo kungathere pa bulloon yotentha yomwe ingathe kukwera. Kuchokera pa ulendo wa ora ndi theka, ndinaphunzira kuti pali bwalo lalikulu woyendetsa ndege. Kuonjezera kuwonjezera mpweya wotentha (ndi kumtunda) ku buluni, amatha kutsegula pamwamba ndi kutulutsa mpweya wotentha (kutaya kutalika), ndipo amatha kutsegula mpweya wothamanga kapena kutsegula buluni. Zotsatira zonsezi zikupeza matumba osiyanasiyana ndi kutuluka kwa mpweya kuti aziyenda mwanjira ina.
Kutenga baluni, monga momwe ndinatengera ndi Napa Valley Aloft Balloon Adventures, ndi njira yodabwitsa yowonera Napa Valley. Mabuloni awo ali ndi madengu akuluakulu omwe ali ndi zipinda zingapo kumene okwera ndege amaima.
Ndiwe mpando wam'mbuyo wotsimikizirika kwambiri wopita kufupi ndi iwe. Tinayenda pamapesa, minda ya mpesa, misewu, masukulu, ndi masitolo. Mlengalenga anali wofewa ndi chete-mpaka woyendetsa ndegeyo atayaka moto wopsereza monster pamwamba pa mitu yathu yomwe inadyetsa mpweya wotentha mu baluni. Kufika kungakhale kosangalatsa kwambiri. Tinafika pamalo okwera magalimoto, ndipo mnzanga amene ndinkayenda naye (pambali imodzi), adatsika kutsogolo kwa nyumba zapakhomo, pomwe aliyense adabwera kudzayamikira zachilendo zowona za baluni akufika kutsogolo kwa nyumba yawo!
Khalani okonzeka kudzuka m'mawa kwambiri ngati mukupita kukwera buluni kuchokera pamene akuyenera kuyambika m'mawa kuti apeze mphepo yabwino. Koma kudzuka kwa m'mawa kunali pangТono kakang'ono kolipira chifukwa chokongola ndi chokwaniritsa. Zochitika zonse zimatenga pafupifupi maola atatu ndikuyamba kuchokera ku V Marketplace ku Yountville (inde, mumachoka pa galimoto). Ngakhale pali njira zambiri zomwe mungakwerere ku balloon ku Napa, Napa Valley Aloft Balloon Adventures ndi yabwino chifukwa imatenga anthu ochepa pa buluni (8 - 14) poyerekeza ndi makampani ena a baluni. Malo amodzi a kampani (Yountville, kutsidya lina la Boucon Bakery wotchuka) ndi yabwino kwambiri mosasamala kanthu kumene mukukhala ku Napa Valley.
Napa Valley Aloft Balloon Adventures wakhala akupereka mpweya wotentha wa mpweya ku Napa Valley kuyambira 1978. Oyendetsa ndege onse ndi FAA. Ndege ntchentche tsiku lililonse, nyengo ikuloleza. Napa Valley Aloft Balloon Adventures ili pa 6525 Washington St ku Yountville. Webusaiti yake ndi www.nvaloft.com, ndipo foni ndi 855-944-4408. Ndege ziyambe pa $ 220 pa munthu aliyense.
Ulendo wa Bike
Pamene mphepo yotentha yowonongeka pa Napa Valley ndi njira yabwino kwambiri yochitira zinthu zonse, imodzi mwa njira zabwino kwambiri zopezera kumva chigwachi ndikutenga njinga. Pomwe ndinakhala ku Napa Valley, ndinanyamuka njinga ya Napa Valley Bike Tours yomwe inali yabwino. Nsika Yachisanu ya Napa Bike Yachisanu ndi yovuta kwambiri kwa anthu omwe sali oyendetsa njinga omwe amakonda kukwera njinga pamtunda wokongola wa Napa Valley popanda kupatula tsiku lonse. Ulendo wa maulendo a ulendo wa hafu wa Napa Valley ukuyenda ulendo wa theka la 9 koloko ku Yountville ndipo umatha pafupifupi 1:30. Ulendowu ukuchezera maulendo awiri ogulitsa, kumene mungathe kumwa vinyo ngati mukufuna, ngakhale kuti malipiro osakwanira sakuphatikizidwa, kotero mudzayenera kulipirapo ngati mukufuna kutero.
Ulendowu ndi wabwino kwambiri kuti ukhale wamasewera ndipo sufuna ntchito iliyonse yayikulu, ngakhale mutakhala pafupi makilomita khumi kapena kuposa. Ulendo uli wokwanira kwa anthu 12, kotero iwo sali olemetsa. Napa Valley Bike Ulendo wapadera wa ulendo wa hafu ya njinga ndi imodzi mwa zinthu zazikulu zomwe ndakhala ndikukhala ku Napa Valley. Kutsika njinga pamunda wamphesa ndi minda kunali kosangalatsa kwambiri, ndipo ndinatha kuona Napa mosiyana ndi momwe ndingakhalire ndiwindo la galimoto. Ngakhale chipinda choyamba chimene tinayima sichinali chinthu chapadera chokhalira ndi aesthetics, chomwe chinapatsa mwayi wolawa vinyo kuchokera kwa ojambula ang'onoang'ono ogulitsa mabasiketi. Chipinda chachiwiri chomwe timayima chinali chapadera - chinali chosungiramo chaling'ono cha banja chomwe chinayikidwa m'minda ya mpesa ya m'chigwacho. Kukhala panja pa benchi yamasitini ndikupaka vinyo pamene mukumwa mumlengalenga kunali kodabwitsa.
Bouchon
Ngati mungapange kuYontville kuti muyambe kukwera basi kapena kukwera njinga, ganizirani kuima ndi Bouchon kapena Boukon Bakery, pakati pa tauni. Yakhazikitsidwa ndi Thomas Keller, upscale koma yabwino kwambiri French bistro si yachilendo koma zodabwitsa. Sungani ndalama mwa kuima pa masana, pamene muli ochepa kwambiri, kapena kungoyendera Bouchon Bakery pafupi ndi malo osankhidwa apamwamba ndi madeleine abwino omwe ndakhala ndikulawapo. Boukoni ndi Bakery Zakudya Zamakono zili pa 6528 Washington St, Yountville, CA 94599, telefoni (707) 944-2253.
Auberge du Soleil
Pamene Napa ndi midzi yoyandikana nayo muli malo ambiri odyera, Auberge du Soleil ku Rutherford ndi malo otsiriza omwe ali ndi malo odyera okongola omwe ali ndi malo odyera panja ndi malo omwe amadya chigwachi. Bhala lawo laling'ono limapereka malingaliro abwino kwa madzulo kumsika, kapena mukhoza kuyendera malo apamwamba (ndi mtengo ndi malingaliro oyenera). Auberge du Soleil ili pa 180 Rutherford Hill Rd, Rutherford, CA 94573, telefoni 707-963-1211.
Carneros ya Domaine
Ngakhale kuti pali pafupifupi minda yamapiri yomwe mungathe kukayendera ku Napa Valley, pali zosankha zochepa ngati chikondi ndi zinthu zokongola. Chimodzi mwa maimidwe anga omwe ndimakonda ku Champagne ku Napa (ngakhale kuti si champagne chifukwa chakuti sichichokera ku Champagne dera la France) ndi Domaine Carneros. Carneros ya Domaine inakhazikitsidwa ndi banja lomwe lili ndi Champagne Taittinger ku France. Ngakhale kuti winery ndi yatsopano (inayamba mu 1987), maluwa ake ndi abwino kwambiri. Ngati mukufuna kulumikiza splurge, ndimakonda kwambiri Le Rêve Blanc de Blancs, yomwe ili ndi ming'alu yaing'ono yomwe ndakhala ndikulawa. Chipindacho chimakhala ndi malo okongola omwe ali pamtunda waung'ono ndi malingaliro abwino a minda yoyandikana ndi minda ya mpesa. Ndinkakonda kupatula nthawi yambiri pachitetezo cha Chateau chozizwitsa cha ku France, ndikupukuta mavitamini awo osiyana. Mauthenga: 1240 Duhig Rd, Napa, CA 94559, (707) 257-0101.
Gotts Roadside
Kutsiriza, osachepera, ulendo wopita kumzinda wa Napa kapena St. Helena sungakhale wangwiro (kwa ine, osachepera) popanda ulendo wa Gotts. Gotts Roadside ndi mgwirizano wotsalira mwamsanga: ma burgers, ntchentche, kugwedezeka, ndi zina zotero. Mbalameyi imangokhala ndi burger yabwino kwambiri, mwinamwake ubweya wabwino kwambiri, ndipo popanda kukayikira bwino mkaka wa mkaka umene ndakhala nawo. Imani ndi. Simudzadandaula. Mukadalawa Gotts, mwinamwake simudzakhalanso nthawi yotsiriza.
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