Napa Valley

On 8th we went to Napa Valley. We toured around the Robert Mandavi  Wines. We ere told about the requirement for labour for varied activities picking leaves, harvesting grapes and some other activities. There are some activities that cannot but be done with labour. Some other activities are mechanized. The topography, the sunshine and the closeness to bay gives the advantage to Napa Valley so that they could produce some of the godd wines. We ended the tour by tasting four different types of wines.

Landed in Sacramento

Today has been a long dayLeft Washington DC and reach Sacramento, California. First we took a hoping flight via Chicago to Los Angeles and then a second flight to Sacramento. Unlike in Inida, the passenger in the hoping flight were allowed to go out have food and come back. At LA we had some difficultues because the smaller flight had some technical problem and we had to start after and hours. The time lag between Sacramento and DC is three hours. On the way to LA we saw theGrand Canyon. The most interesting part was when the flight landed in Sacramento, it gave the feeling that we landed in the midst of agricultrual field,

California is the biggest state of the US and if it were an independent country then it would the eitghth largest in terms of economy. It is known for Hollywood, agriculture, gold mines in the earlier years. Here we are put up at the Grand Hayatt, but I do not have easy access to the computer as I had in DC. And hence, I may not write as frequently. Tomorrow we are all heading to Napa Valley to visit wineries. It is time that I take some rest.