Freedom Yay! I have finally escaped the library to enjoy a trip to visit my friend Caitlin in Geelong! Caitlin and I first met during my exchange to Leeds, UK in 2010/2011! We sat down beside each other on the first day of orientation, and have been friends ever since! Sometimes when you are on exchange, you wonder if those friendships just exist due to proximity, but this friendship is far from this. Over the past 6 years we have stayed in touch, with our last visit (prior to this year) in 2013 when I was travelling around Australia. Here we are in 2017, and every time we hang out its like we were never apart, and pick up off wherever we last ended! I feel so lucky to be able to spend time with Caitlin, and our experience, life paths, and views are similar are so many levels - being here has been made much easier with her here (and my other exchange friend Louise - please note my feelings of close friendship and caring are equally felt/extended to her!). It's always wine time! So what did we do to celebrate Easter - drink wine of course! I trained to Geelong from Southern Cross, it only took an hour and was less than $9.00 each way - steal of a deal if you ask me (I pay $4.10 to go 2 mins to Caulfield everyday...). We stopped off at the local information centre and headed on our way to hit up as many wineries, olive and cheese shops as we could that day! Unfortunately, due to the holiday and that it was a Monday, not all businesses were open, but we did stop by three great locations! First however, we headed to Barwon Heads for a great walk around the beach! This little town is so cute, very touristy but tonnes of coffee shops and little restaurants to add to your day out! Winery 1 - Terindah Estate Well....cheers to getting buzzed at the first winery and splurging on a fancy bottle of Sparkling Pinot Noir, oops! Ok sorry, not sorry! Wow, this winery was amazing! Great variety of different wines, but my god, the Sparkling Pinot Noir, I have no words! I have never had a sparkling red, and was so glad we tried it! Lets just say Caitlin and I are planning a good wine and cheese night to properly enjoy this bottle... Winery 2 - Jack Rabbit Well, by this point we were too hungry to do any wine tasting/take pictures of our food! After Tenindah this winery felt a bit more commercial, less personal. The view however was amazing! We had a quick lunch here and jetted off in the search of olives! ------ *in-between wineries we went to look for olives, I have no pictures/no comments, but would not recommend certain olive grove experiences, and wouldn't return to said location*------ Winery 3 - Scotsman Hill I loved this winery, and the lady that helped us was great! I ended up buying a bottle of Pinot Noir, but had instant regret not purchasing their light, sweet dessert wine! This cute little estate was very friendly and we really enjoyed their wines! You an even buy them in stores in Melbourne, so a great option if looking for a good tasting wine when you can't drive to Bellarine! The evening finished off perfectly when we met a few of our friends travelling in from their weekend trip to the Great Ocean Road at a pub in downtown Geelong! A city escape was just what this grad student needed amidst all the studying!
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AuthorHi everyone! I'm Kathryn, a Master's student at Monash University in Melbourne. This blog outlines the experiences and transition of my life in small town Terrace, BC to the sites and sounds of Melbourne, Australia! Archives
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