they found they both liked to cook , and go hiking out at point reyes national seashore , and watching the dancers of the san francisco ballet company , and working in the vineyard , except during harvest time when they had to work sixteen hour days for three weeks , and reading crime novels written by rex stout , and watching the documentaries of ken burns , especially jazz , and visiting the burgundy region of france , where they each gained ten pounds from eating the great food and drinking the pinot noir , and looking at golden objects in the victoria and albert museum in london , and looking at chartres cathedral , which kept their standards of artistic achievement at a high level .