More France

Grape vines on a building


Rouisillon


Ile-sur-la-Sorgue - Great little town where we went to the market


Garlic graters - we brought some back for our friends


Free-run French eggs









Gordes in Provence


Murs (the "s" is pronounced) a little town across the way from where we stayed


Gorgeous Gordes


Oh, and Brad and I celebrated 20 years together this week! Here's to at least 20 more sweetie!

More Dordogne and Provence

The beautiful Dordogne River


Hot air ballons above the Dordogne


Near the caves where prehistoric drawings were found at the beginning of the 20th century


Foie gras and truffle shop in Sarlat


On a walk in the Dordogne


Me, Mark, and Kathleen on a 2 and a half hour walk during which we ended up in the middle of a wild boar hunt. We never saw any boars, but we heard lots of gunshots and dogs baying


A beautiful house we came across during our walk. We decided we could easily live in France!


I petted the horses and got quite a shock - the fence was electrified!


Pastoral France


Our home base in Provence - about 6 km outside of Gordes


One day while in Provence, we took a cooking class from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. It was on this beautiful property owned by the descendant of a French viscount and his partner, the latter of whom gave the cooking class. The place was actually occupied by the Nazis during WWII, but they took pretty good care of it.


After preparing our meal, we dined al fresco under the plane tree in the warm sun


The reflecting pool


The servants quarters

Bordeaux and Wine Country

After 4 nights in the City of Lights, we got very early in the morning and caught a TGV (train de grande vitesse) to the beautiful city of Bordeaux. It was about a 4 hour trip. The original apartment we had rented in Bordeaux was unavailable owing to pluming problems, but the owner recommended another to us and it worked out fine. It was in the middle of Old Bordeaux and was beautifully decorated, quiet, and spacious. We were well pleased:



Our second day Bordeaux, we hired a guide, Frédéric, who drove us around to various wine estates where we enjoyed several excellent tastings. Lunch was good too!




Moi et Frédéric


The lovely Kathleen, Brad's sister


One of the beautiful estates we visited


A vineyard - harvest would take place about a week later.


You know what's in there! These rooms smells sooo good! the oak from the barrels combined with the yeast and the wine... Intoxicating just the smell!


Dude let us sample a very young Bordeaux - it was excellent!