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Ramblings of a retiree in France
Tag: Grand crues vineyards
Postcard from Bordeaux
Easyjet has been selling tickets at ridiculously low prices, tempting me to book a few days away in Bordeaux, where we spent a couple of glorious days last summer. Leaving Wednesday morning and arriving at midday enabled us to spend some time that afternoon… Continue Reading “Postcard from Bordeaux”
12 days of Christmas: day 5
While we traversed the Atlantic coasts of France and Spain this summer I took plenty of photographs of hydrangeas, one of my favourite flowers. I love all their different colours from jade tinged white through to deep and dusky purple. I spotted this bush… Continue Reading “12 days of Christmas: day 5”
Holiday photos: day 9
I’m not very knowledgable about wine. I know what I like and what I don’t like. When my beloved suggested we tour the chateaux on the left bank of the Gironde, you might be thinking we were going to indulge in a degustation of… Continue Reading “Holiday photos: day 9”
