This trip is about wine, the wines of Bordeaux
L'INTENDANT wine store, Bordeaux
Wine tasting in St. Emilon
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Churches are very simple inside
France has menhir aka dolmen from 4000BC We saw many during our 2017 Portugal bike trip.
We found superb bike loops from St. Emilon
Planning route during lunch
Planting cuttings from grape vines
Fishing nets on the Dordogne River
We are not camping any more. Can you tell which windows are ours?
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France 2018
Weather ranged from 52 with mist to high 70's.
Saint-Leon-sur-Vezere Nouvell-Aquitaine, France
Our favorite restaurant, Montignac
We spent a few days with people who used to live in Topsham Vermont. Mary & I were both at the 1968 Stony Brook Janis Joplin concert. Small world
20,000 year old cave drawings in Lascaux IV
Flower after use of photo filters
Les Cabanes du Breui Drystone Buildings
Sarlat-la-Caneda, a most scenic town on our second day of rain
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The underside of stone stairs
Along a bike path outside Sarlat
Lunch break. My camera is in the front Ortlieb bag.
Scenery on loop out of Sarlat
Back in Sarlat, our 2 days of rain
La Villa des Consuls, Bed and Breakfasts don't get any better than this.
Planning our routes in our B&B room
Yes, there were some very steep hills!
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Buildings along our route from Sarlat to Medoc region
Very large church in Le Buisson de-Cadouin along our route from Sarlat to Medoc
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Biking through a walnut grove
We relished vegetables when we got them.
Crossing the Dordogne River
Just outside St Emilon on our return route (Second time in St Emilon)
Our B&B in Blaye, before taking the ferry to the Medoc peninsula
One of the B&B owner's cars
The wine cellar in his basement. He maintains private caves for people all over the world.
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Enough biking, time to tour in a 1995 Porsche
Bordeaux wines are often a blend of Cabernet and Merlot grapes
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Ruines du Château de Conac, Roman ruins
Fair in Pauillac in Medoc wine region
St Julian church, BIG! Can you see our bikes. Built in the Middle Ages, and took this form in 18th Century. The town was and is a major wine exporter
So many bike paths leading into Bordeaux. They even have bike round-abouts!
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WOOF!!
Waiting for the bus in Bordeaux
