Bordeaux

We had a great trip to Bordeaux and a very nice visit with my cousin Claudette and her husband Patrick. We arrived from Paris on the TGV which stands for Train à Grande Vitesse, meaning high-speed train.
Claudette made a wonderful lunch and Patrick started pouring the wine.
This being wine country we went to Saint Emilion, a World Heritage site, with fascinating Romanesque churches and ruins stretching all along steep and narrow streets. The Romans planted grapes here in the 2nd Century and wine country was born. We sat and sipped some very good sparkling wine under the shade trees bought some wines to take home. Patrick took us out to a delicious dinner with the best white wine I have ever had. I got some strange looks from the restaurant staff for being a vegetarian (the French just can't wrap their heads around this concept) but in the end, they provided me with an excellent meal. We had croissants for breakfast served the French way: Hot milk poured in a bowl, pour hot coffee in and dunk the croissants in the cafe ou lait. With a very nice bottle of Moët et Chandon given to us from Patrick (THANK YOU!) we were back on the train and back to Paris. Wow. . . What a great trip.