Sojourners and Wine Tasting

 The two sisters were shortly reunited just after I moved back to Santa Barbara. Bianca came to visit only a week later and we were determined to do something really fun. Having wanted to go wine tasting together for months now we figured that was a good place to start with ideas. We got online and found the Santa Barbara Urban Wine Trail, a map of eleven wine tasting rooms downtown Santa Barbara. But we decided to make it especially adventurous and bike all the way there from Isla Vista, a whopping 13 mile ride! So we combined our efforts and called it the "Santa Barbara Urban Wine Trail on bike"!

We hit up three different Wine Tasting Rooms, Kalyra Winery, Oreana Winery, and the Santa Barbara Winery, all of which we thoroughly enjoyed. All three had very different environments making each it's own unique experience. Each room cost $5-10 and served 6-10 tastings, we tried 25 different wines in all! Our favorite: a dessert wine from Oreana Winery called The Eliminator. I know, hilarious name.

 Before all the wine though, we filled up on a delicious lunch at Sojourners Cafe, a sort of health foods restaurant off of State Street. It's one of my favorite restaurants in Santa Barbara. I enjoyed a salad with hummus, pesto, tabbouleh, eggplant and bell peppers and Bianca had the Mediterranean nut burger. Delicious, if you haven't been here you must go soon! They serve a wide variety of desserts some gluten-free, vegan, sugar-free, egg-free, etc. The prices are very reasonable and I love the homey environment. As you can see with the wonderful weather we had we sat outside.

Now, we're both back in our separate locations missing each other but as our dear friend Annalisa reminded us, we both know we're where we're supposed to be.

Plenty of posts to come now that I am back in Santa Barbara and settled! I also will have tons to share as I am learning so much at Bauman College!

Blessings,
<3 Dani