Florida 2012 Day V: Grapestomping Good Time!

I have decided to post my blogs about my family vacation to Florida from 8/15 to 8/20.

Here's the fifth one, August 18th: Our day at the Lakeridge Winery!

(These are directly transcribed from my written diary on my iPad.)

"We're went to Lakeridge Winery for their annual Grapestomp to listen to local music, and STOMP some grapes! We took some pictures, stomped some grapes (my mother and I tried employing bharatanatyam skills to no avail.) Then Aditya and I drank homemade Godiva dark chocolate raspberry chocolixers with relish fries on the side. Surprisingly good! We then ate a picnic lunch of Indian food my mother packed from our full kitchen in our suite amidst ants and giant dragonflies. I got my face painted solely for the opportunity to enter the bouncy castle with little children. :) Then we ate more chocolate and drank shots of limoncello, waiting for the tour to begin. Doug our tour guide was hilarious. We all drank a few more samples, and I bought some presents for the 21-year-old roommate. Then we went to Downtown Disney :)"

Xoxo,

Maithreyi

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