Campanile - Bordeaux - Cestas

... that had its own 4star hotel and reception area. I decided not to taste anymore wine (Feeling a little queasy) but Chris enjoyed the second wine tasting greatly. He said these wines were drier but still very good. We were running late so we hopped back on the bus for the trip back into town.

The tour was 6 hours in all (mostly driving) so by the time we got back into town we were starving! We hadn’t eaten since breakfast so we were ...

... venue was changed to France. This was a disappointment to Helen’s friends in Michigan, but an unexpected joy for Hervé’s friends in France. There is a saying in French that translates roughly as "the unhappiness of some makes for the happiness of others." So the congregation in Michigan held services in such a way that they wedding could be heard during the announcement period of services over their ...

... on the quality of the fruits and vegetables. Things must be just ripe and at their best, not picked a week early for shipment somewhere. As a result the salads and raw vegetables served with vinaigrettes of various kinds are wonderful. I made a meal of the salad bar and was quite content.

After dinner I worked on preparing the sermon I will give tomorrow. And I decided to make an early night of it. As I was working I received a text message from my good friend ...

... Mr. Mrs. Bernal were there too, we had a very enjoyable evening, catching up on news, comparing notes about the recent convention we had in Normandy and planning for the future. French dinner can last quite a while, but several of us were tired from the day's activities so we finished the meal at around 9:00 pm, and went our separate ways; looking forward to meeting again soon.

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Charline et Jeremy

Well, this will be my last entry. I was hoping to have updated more than i did, but i also thought i'd have far more internet than i did! Oh well, i think you've all got a picture of what it was like over here and i'm sad and ready to come back. here's a few more pics to leave you with and i'll be sure to let everyone see all 1,000 pictures we took! See you all soon!

Au revoir!!

We spent our first day in Bordeaux relaxing and wandering around the city. Ate a few baguettes.

The next day we caught a train to St Emilion to check out the beautiful little village.

On our last day we did a wine tour of Medoc ...

Vines, vines, everywhere are vines.
Blockin’ up the scenery, breakin’ my mind.
Rouge vin, blanch, ro-se
Can you taste the wi-ine?

Spent about 3 days cycling through Bordeaux’s beautiful wine-country.

Pulling away from the mouth of the Girone river we entered wine country with a vengeance. Cattle and corn farming drifted away and were ...

... you have the right shoes?"
"Yes, these heels will do!"

The views from the peak are amazing and quite surreal.
You ask yourself "what is this doing here in this bay?"
It's truly natural and formed itself about a hundred years ago, although how you can say that it is a coincidence and not a side afect of man's tampering is a ...

Tuesday 17th June Alison: We woke early as there was a huge truck drivers strike throughout France that also was affecting the availability of taxi drivers, leading to us needing to catch the Metro to the Gare de Lyon to catch our TGV. Tom was subdued but alright after his accident the night before, but we all walked VERY carefully down the steep spiral staircase so as to prevent any more bumps. I'm glad we left our luggage downstairs. Tom wasn't really ...