Adelaide Hills, South Australia.

Let's take the time to wrap up the trip to Australia and specifically Adelaide. We now have just the Adelaide Hills and environs to finish. It isn't anything too hard core, and there aren't a great deal of photos of magical stories at all.

The cleanest window I could find in Handorf was in a gallery of art and craft.

What a lovely place to eat, alas we didn't have the time to do that on a busy day of cruising the hills. So, we just enjoyed the view of Bird In Hand's barrel room.

Then we got a tastin'. Bird in Hand have been one of my favourites for some time. I first visited them back in about 2002 or so when they were still quite new. Now they are a goliath.

A pressed ceiling in the hills somewhere.... I just can't remember where!

One of the local birds.

We got some pretty cool clouds one night.

The skin that tells a story. Eucalyptus trees have some really amazing bark that can protect them during fires. They also help make fires hotter, sounds crazy right? But the hotter a fire is the quicker it burns out and actually saves the trees, as a longer fire would kill both the tree and the seeds. Smart trees!

A bit of flora!

Ok, I'm not going to lie. This isn't the hills. It is actually "The Cube" which is the new part of the McLaren Vale winery D'Arenberg something totally different. It is a winery that does strange and interesting wines. Like Mencia, Sagrantino Cinsault and others. But the cube, feels a little like me when back in Adelaide. A little out of place but still able to nestle in hopefully not making too much of a stir.

More River Time.

This time of the year it can be lovely to get out and enjoy the long twilight and deep sunsets. I have probably been along the Vistula (Wisła) river a hundred times, whether jogging, biking or strolling as I was doing on this occasion. It is such a nice thing to have a wild river in the middle of town. I just wish people Poles and the international contingent would keep their bits clean, that means the cigarette butts, bottles and bottle tops. It really is a simple request.... no? So, instead of seeing the rubbish, hopefully you will enjoy the pretty part.

a mermaid?

collision course

lovers aboard

running it out

I like the old trams better than the new (for photos)

Food truch fun

You just have to love a fish with boobs

Product Review *Łomża Jasne Pełne

Łomża 
Piwo Jasne Pełne

  *Product Review*

Brewery: Łomża (Van Pur)

Alcohol: 6.0%

Volume: 330ml

Cost: 3.80PLN

Apperance: caramel/amber, with low fizz, and poor head retention

Aroma: Really light, not much in it, some caramel, some hops but pretty light.

In the mouth: It is what I would call a typical Polish beer, it has the sourness of badly used hops and has some sweetness to it. But across the tongue it really doesn't do a thing.

Drink with: Nothing, I wouldn't recommend it at all.

Overall:  
2/10

Website: www.piwolomza.pl
 

Cider Days With Michał

DJ Wysocki aka Michał is a guru of many things and was a great young lad when I mentioned making some cider, in that he said he could bring me some organic chemical free apples from the wild East where his family has a small holding. So I got organised in the ol' kitchen and cleaned all surfaces getting it all ready so that we could get the party started.

demijohn fashion parade

Fill the bath with apples and soak them giving them a little scrub if need be.

And start the juicing

working it through some muslin

but wait there is more

Michał getting a run on the juicer

mixing up the duties

choppy choppy

and after filtering into a demijohn

keep working on those apples remaining

and juice it

this is all the waste from our fabulous Hurom juicer

unveiling the last batch

squeezing out the left overs.

and finishing with two demijohns and a fermenting bucket. After a good 2 hours.