Personal and Professional Musings
After waking up in Chavignol on the Fourth of July (just another day in France, of course), we headed for the town of Sancerre, with a cafe first on our list of stops. We found a cute little square, occupied at that moment mostly by cyclists, where we enjoyed our American coffees (because tasting wine…
We woke up early on Tuesday to get on the road to Tours, south of Normandy and back in the Loire Valley and we had lined up an appointment at a winery in Vouvray on the way. The vines of the winery had been devastated by hail recently and the owner was still kind enough…
Since Mont St. Michele was thoroughly covered in the previous post, I will save you the multitude of additional photos of the abbey. Someday, you can come over for dinner and Dave and I will break out the slideshow of ‘that time we lived in Europe’ and we can bore you then. For now, I…
*I started a post on the day of the visit to Nantes and Mont St. Michele, but the interwebs are spotty in France so pardon my pre-dated posting* Sunday morning was the first day of our tour of France. We were feeling pretty good about the schedule we’d worked on— making sure to hit highlights…
Through one of Dave’s professors, we had an opportunity to visit Chateau Margaux on Thursday, which was truly a treat for us. Even better, they offered our group a tasting of their wines. As one might imagine, they lived up to their reputation, especially the Margaux (a Premier Grand Cru)— certainly something we would have…
Today is Dave’s last day of school. If you’re hearing celebratory cheers, that’s probably just us. His time in Bordeaux has been dominated by a rather large project that included an audit of a winery…analyzing the cellar, grape processing, marketing, finances…the whole operation, so needless to say, now that it’s done (and he says it…
I have been busy working away for some new clients this week (!!) so I haven’t had a chance to comb over some of my latest attempts at photography, but over the weekend, Dave and I went exploring and I snapped some photos of our town. Ultimately, we ended up in Bordeaux, where I subjected…
I’ve been trying my hand at decent photography lately and it’s a good thing “film” is digital because I need lots of practice! These are a few of the photos snapped around Bordeaux (city) on various days since my arrival. Fair warning, some of them have been adjusted in Photoshop because the actual photo I…
I suppose it’s pretty well established that I’m loving Bordeaux. Well, Talence and Bordeaux. I’ve been to the city a few times, as it’s only a short tram ride away, and I am loving exploring my new city. My friend Jennifer whom I met at my bloggers luncheon back in October lives in another area…
