Napa Valley, CA

After my last post on Tuesday we headed out and found a little wine tasting room built into an old re-done house called Un-Corked.  We wandered all around “downtown” Napa.  It’s a very small town – just 74,000 people – very sleepy, very quaint, very picturesque.  There are vines and flowers everywhere, even on the signposts and stop signs.  The houses are mostly tiny California bungalows – but even the smallest house seemed to have a garden overflowing with lavender, roses, and hibiscus.

At the recommendation of the guy at the tasting room we tried out a steak place called the Chop House. It was very tasty, albeit also pricey. Everything is casual, I don’t think anyone in the Bay area dresses up to go anywhere.

A little more about our hotel, it is called the Napa River Inn and sits, appropriately enough, right on the Napa River.

 

 

The oldest section of the building was built in 1862 and operated as a mill until 1972. There was a suicide in 1912 in the building above where the bakery is now. Our rooms were in the purportedly haunted section, but we experienced only a lovely, relaxing stay and no sign of any ghosties.

Each morning the Inn brings breakfast to your room from the bakery next door – huge egg sandwiches on croissants, scones, danish, fresh strong coffee – it was heaven.