It's only been a few years at my rather advanced age that I have now and then experience a period of euphoria.  It all began with my   posting of 6 October 2018 . Since I decided a couple of years ago to just enjoy life and give up on trying to organize or run anything, my enjoyment of life has materially increased.  Combined with cataract surgery, which restored my eyesight to 20-20, the mostly disappearance of tinnitus and walking 18 holes at the Ala Wai Golf Course twice per week, I think I now also have increased the percentage of black hair on my head . There have been ups and downs, of course, which is what life is all about.  But what can elevate your life to euphoric status is a significant alarming incident...a potentially life-changing physical scare, that you somehow overcome. You can read how I then entered into  Euphoria  1.  This state of mind disappeared when I went on a fabulous champagne, wine and cognac tour of France.  Yes, went...

The open ocean.  Another day of mostly cuisine.  Slept late, but went to a Sommelier's Lunch in The Restaurant.  You can read the details.  Those dollars represent the cost of a bottle of wine if ordered with another meal.  The names are people on my table, all Australians. Chief Sommelier Emi with the wines to be served at lunch. Yellow-fin tuna, marinated artichoke and salad, with Veuve Cliques-Ponsardin Rose Champagne from Reims. Foie gras ravioli with Cépe foam and accompanying Russian River Valley Williams Selyem 2014 Pinot Noir. Louis Latour Corton-Charlemagne 2018 White Burgandy. Napa Valley Silver Oak 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon. The Cab in a decanter. Slow roasted filet mignon. Symington Family Quinta do Vesuvius Vintage 2017 Port for the closing Chocolate Variation and Raspberry Gelato. It was a three-hour lunch, so dinner was only two soups and a salad. Then on to the Let's Dance Party at the pool under starlight, and the stars were sparkling, the brighte...