BORDEAUX AREA - HOLIDAYS IN FRANCE 2008
BORDEAUX AREA
Saturday 09th - Wednesday 13th August 2008
HOLIDAYS IN FRANCE 2008
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| 19:50:05 The Castle of Carcassonne from distance | 19:50:55 Nice little bridge | 20:06:24 Lovely Towers near the moat |
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| 20:09:33 Me right at the entrance! | 20:11:32 Panoramic of the sun setting on Carcassonne | 20:12:29 Our restaurant of choice for the evening... |
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| 20:12:48 Lovely light on this building | 20:21:46 The castle inside the walls | 20:22:14 Me and Chiara |
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| 20:25:43 Silvio, Gianfranco, Chiara and me | 21:01:43 Gianfranco and Chiara over the Cassoulet | 22:02:20 At nightfall |
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| 22:17:54 Love this shot in the house is really cool | 11:05:26 Inside the main castle in the morning | 11:07:31 Reflecting trees... |
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| 11:20:31 One of the turrets | 11:28:48 More fortifications | 12:06:58 How good is this sign!? :D |
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| 12:34:15 Carcassonne from the barbicans | 12:34:42 How nice is this cat? :D | 12:35:57 One of the few spots not crowded with people... |
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| 12:40:01 Chiara in front of some Hotel that she liked | 12:43:08 I guess I wanted to be poetic here... :P | 14:48:03 Marvellous glasswork |
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| 20:12:52 At St.Emilion, wineyards and historic buildings! | 21:40:01 In the evening we had this massive meal based on Duck, Fois Gras and fresh raisins | 22:37:14 The main church at St. Emilion at night |
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| 09:43:00 The church of Sauternes from a wineyard! | 09:43:53 Chiara assessing the freshness of the grapes | 10:29:11 Here we are at our first visit of a Sauternes producer |
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| 10:37:34 Lots of bottles stacked... | 11:30:53 The village of Sauternes | 11:32:17 And so that you believe that I have been there!! |
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| 11:41:45 Another visit at a Sauternes Chateaux, Chateaux Giraud. | 12:01:28 Quite stunning the way it is all kept perfectly | 12:18:12 Wine vats |
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| 12:23:42 And some wine barrels | 13:00:32 Close up of a grape | 13:15:25 Chateaux d'Yqqem, unfortunately you cannot visit the most famous producer of Sauternes... |
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| 13:19:11 Lovely little door... | 13:39:15 It was a shame for the wearther, but the views are really nice! | 14:50:49 Alleged UNESCO patrimony, this abbey was quite dull... |
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| 14:51:39 More Abbey | 14:55:27 The main entrance must have been quite big judging from the size of the people that stand next to it.. | 15:02:15 Shots from the belltower |
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| 15:03:50 The four of us on top | 15:13:51 And another view | 16:44:28 Some barrels at Chateaux Champions, a truly great producer (and wine) |
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| 17:28:33 A big bee (which we call "BOMBO", loosely translatable is "HE BOMB")... | 20:29:13 The view from our room at Chateaux du Roc, in St. Emilion. | 08:58:15 St.Emilion early in the morning |
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| 10:10:54 Raining and cold, surely not the summer that we expected! | 10:27:18 Entering the catacombs at St.Emilion | 10:45:44 The arches on the left are tombs, here we are in the dungeons! |
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| 10:46:39 Dead bodies were lowered from this opening in the ceiling | 10:47:03 One of the tombs up close | 10:58:52 Inside the church (build inside a cave, a true novelty and masterpiece!) |
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| 11:00:47 We were not allowed to take pictures (technically)... | 11:02:59 More bits inside the church | 11:17:32 A random Chateaux on the way to Arcachon |
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| 14:23:49 The dune of Archachon is the biggest in Europe (3Km long) | 14:29:03 Quite scary! | 14:33:42 Chiara and the dune |
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| 14:39:14 Some incivils drew a fallic symbol on the sand I wonder who it might have been!!.... | 14:57:37 With SUN out this picture could have been great, unfortuntely... | 19:22:37 Bordeaux Cathedral |
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| 19:23:22 Main Entrance of the church | 19:50:11 Central Theatre | 20:00:22 It said on the guides that this statue ws nice so we went to take a look |
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| 20:00:57 As a matter of fact the fountain is quite stunning | 20:02:19 Especially the horses! | 07:20:45 Chateaux du Roc, our hotel in St.Emilion for three days |
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| 09:04:31 Lovely typical french boat | 09:07:18 Bergerac and its houses... | 09:08:41 And again |
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| 09:09:29 And Again | 09:12:32 Do you note the Cyrano statue on the bottom right corner? | 09:25:23 Cheese! |
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| 09:36:29 The market was quite lively | 09:38:45 And full of interesting colours and smells! | 11:26:22 Here Chiara is tring to grope a duck to feel its bowels |
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| 11:27:42 Ducks and Geese | 11:30:17 Very small ducklings | 11:34:52 An exemplar |
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| 11:39:53 Goose posing for the camera! | 11:41:08 Geese, they walk at the unison and are terribly loud! | 11:51:15 The man shows me the set of teeth that the geese have on the tongue |
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| 12:10:41 A quick demonstration of how they feed the animals | 12:11:15 There you go. Although it might seem brutal in this farm they try to make it as easier as possible on the animals. |
