While in SF I had found an ad for hot air balloon rides
in Napa and
decided I wanted to do that. We knew Wednesday was not a
good
day so booked for Friday. We had to get up really early
because they
go up around sunrise. We waited about an hour before
being told
the weather would not allow us to go that day. They were
fully booked
for Saturday.
When we got back to hotel, we found out there were other
balloon
companies and so booked for Saturday. Unfortunately we
went through
the same process. So I’m still waiting for that balloon
ride.
However we did get back to Castello di Amorosa for a tour
and it was
great. The owner is of Italian descent and his great grandfather
had a
small winery that he lost because of prohibition. He
decided he wanted
to revive the family business and opened the winery
several years ago.
He traveled to Italy and fell in love with the Tuscany
area and log
ruined castles. He decided he wanted to build a castle in
Napa and
wanted it to be like the castles of Tuscany. He bought
rocks from
old ruins, imported bricks from Austria, and hired
painters to paint
frescoes on walls. It is a beautiful castle and you can
imagine yourself
in Europe in a real castle.
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