At the start of November I had a girls' trip to Bordeaux. It's just an hour's flight from Basel and makes a great weekend trip. We headed off on the Thurs night to give the dads a decent stretch of quality time with the kids.
Like so many French towns and villages, Bordeaux is beautiful. The buildings, parks, monuments, cathedrals, the riverside, everything.
The choc-shop.
St Michel Cathedral
We did a Wine/Vineyard tour, which included some tastings, vineyard chateau visits, and learning about Bordeaux's wines, how they are produced and the history of it all.
The third to last of these bottles called a Magnum, the other bottle sizes all have special names too. I would tell you but after a few tastings it all got a bit fuzzy.
Touring the wine production areas was actually very interesting and I really did learn a lot about wine.
How text-book-French-looking was our guide!!
Then we visited the famous wine producing village of Saint Emillion. It's an amazingly beautiful, rustic and picturesque village. Steeped in history and historic buildings and wine shops galore.
The big vineyards are ancient and most feature a beautiful chateau, surrounded by the vines plus sometimes lovely gardens and wooded areas.
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