The Road Goes Ever On

...recounts the retirement travels of Mark and Vicki Sherouse since 2008...in Asia and the Pacific, New Zealand, Europe, South America, and Africa, as well as the US and Canada. Our website, with much practical information, is: https://sites.google.com/site/theroadgoeseveron/.Contact us at mark.sherouse@gmail.com or vsherouse@gmail.com.

Showing posts with label Bordeaux. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Bordeaux. Show all posts

Sunday, December 13, 2009

St. Emilion

The very strange collegium church (main religious sites are catacombs, which we skipped) Its cloisters; note limestone column...

St. Emilion Region

Bordeaux has more wine regions than we could reasonably visit, so, in addition to my tour of the Medoc, we drove out Sunday to St. Emilion...

Saturday, December 12, 2009

On Foot in Bordeaux, Part II

The tower next to the Cathedral of St. Pierre St. Pierre Cathedral; sort of weird...the two enormous towers are on the north ...

On Foot in Bordeaux

Sunday morning, while Vicki rested her sore knee, I undertook a brief walking tour of old B ordeaux, the St. Pierre district; above, the h...

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Esplanade de Quinconces By Night

The Esplanade's twin towers, "commerce" and "navigation," which pretty well sum up Bordeaux's history ...

Christmas Market in Bordeaux

It was dark when I got back from the wine tour, but Vicki wanted to stroll about the old town, especially the marche de noel T...

Chateau Kirwan, Margaux

Typical Medoc vineyard; the soil is extremely rocky and chalky ...almost looks like snow in places; "to make great wine, the vine mu...

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