Spent about 24 hours in a lovely wee rural town called Martinborough. It is definitely wine country, with vines and vineyards at every turn. Wine has a culture of its own and we quickly adopted that as an appropriate norm - something about when in Rome, although there were no Romans immediately obvious.Cafe culture is another big feature here, where all food is made from scratch and no two places are the same - cafes are identified by the uniqueness of their and coffee (no Starbucks to be seen!) - flat whites all around please.
The other cultural feature is taking the time to enjoy the coffee/food/wine with the people you are with. It's very much a social event and definitely not a drive through, get your coffee, and keep moving event. I miss this true investment in people, with no real agenda, just connecting beyond the surface level.
Date scone...heated....with butter...oh yeah!
Murals are a thing in Marrtinborough
