Wine Country, 2017

Today begins our Wine Country Tour of France.  We will visit the centers of Champagne, Bordeaux, and Burgundy wine production in France.  And along the way we will try to…

Please permit me a small digression about our lodgings.  Our hotel was built about 400 years ago, and one might expect a little antiquity in the environment.  Indeed, the exposed…

We started our day today by walking around the corner of Place des Vosges and spending some time in the house where Victor Hugo lived for 16 years.  If that…

I went to bed tonight thinking I'd skip the blog today, since we are without wifi in our B&B here in Epernay.  But the muse is upon me and so…

Last year, I decided Anita needed a champagne vineyard.  Most Americans have heard the expression "champagne tastes on a beer budget."  That pretty well describes us, so what to do? …

After Paris, there is little doubt about Anita's favorite place in France.  It's on the left bank of the mouth of the Seine River, right across from the city of…

Three years ago when we first visited Mont Saint-Michel, we agreed that if we ever got the chance, we would spend the night "on the rock", and this year we…

We arrived in Bordeaux yesterday and spent the afternoon exploring the neighborhood of our hotel.  Today we got better acquainted with the city.  Near our hotel is one of the…

Three years ago, on our first road trip in France,,we somehow failed to find old Sarlat.  This time we were determined, so we scheduled a night there between Bordeaux country…

Beaune (pronounced "bone" for all you native English speakers) is at the center of the Burgundy region of France.  This is the third and final stop of our wine country…