This blog records the trip we took to celebrate our 40th wedding anniversary.
We chose to do this trip because Marion had never been to the southern hemisphere before and had always wanted to visit the Antipodes, partcularly New Zealand. Such a trip would give us the best opportunity of meeting with the biggest number of friends who have been influential in our lives together.
We then decided we needed to put some sort of structure to the trip and it was while on a three day trip to Bordeaux that we decided to make the trip focus round touring new world wineries. This was very appropriate for us as we have come to very much enjoy the world of wine over our 40 years of marriage so that is now perhaps the most important combined activity that we have. It is also one of the activities that ensures that no matter where you are, providing you are close to wine you will always eat well, be in very pleasant countryside and meet with lots of interested, interesting and committed people.
You can also argue that wine itself is a metaphor for marriage in that the older the wine the better it becomes.