Europe - 2016

Day 12: To Bordeaux Mon Jul 18, 2016

We had a lengthy coach ride today to get to Bordeaux and the wine region to Saint-Émilion. We arrived at lunch time in Saint Emilion, an idyllic Roman-period, World Heritage-listed medieval village. After lunch we took in the hill-top village and the underground cloisters of the Monolithic Church. After we left Saint Emilion, we visited to a local winery, Franc Mayne, where we sampled some of the red wines of Saint Émilion region.


Debbie on the bus	Village across the fields	Rolling hills and fields	Rolling hills and fields	Rolling hills and fields	Rolling hills and fields	Winery

Winery	Winery	Old wall	Old church wall	Saint Emilion	Saint Emilion old wall	Saint Emilion sign

Saint Emilion panorama	Village of Saint Emilion	Saint Emilion panorama	Saint Emilion square	Church cloisters	The last of the fresco paintings	Saint Emilion church choir

Saint Emilion vaulted ceiling	A very old flower tub	Saint Emilion wine bar	Steep descent to the monolithic church	Steep descent to the monolithic church	Spire above the monolithic church	Wine board

Old Roman town wall	Saint Emilion vineyard	Saint Emilion grapes	Winery panorama	Winery	Glen the larrikin	Debbie and Carolyn

Oak casks in the limestone caves	The boys battle it out	Lavender	Wine bottle	Tree on the hill	Winery name