Now that I understand enough about wine to want to drop some egg whites into Ron’s Costco Merlot, I’ve moved my keen attention skills to caves and charming villages. We have now seen a total of three caves, all featuring art from between 17,000 and 25,000 years ago. Recall that we started at Rouffignac, where […]
The 120 mile trek to cover the 88 miles to the prehistoric caves
The Cave of Rouffignac is the real deal of a cave. It sits 23 miles outside of Sarlat in a quiet, wooded area. It was one of those places I arrived with little information and few expectations. OMG it is amazing. It’s a cave that was inhabited?explored? by Cro-Magnon people 17,000 years ago. The cave […]
I want to talk to you about wine
Today we went to two different Medoc region wineries. We started at Chateau Baudan and we finished off our day at Chateau Kirwan, which is pictured above. It was funny to get to compare and contrast these two places in a single day. Baudan is clearly the modest upstart, bottling wine for “bargain” shoppers, I […]
Lovely St. Emilion and my museum plan
Here in Bordeaux, we went to the Museum of Aquitaine, which tells the v-e-r-y l-o-n-g story of the history of Bordeaux from prehistoric times until now. There was a lot of information about Eleanor of Aquitaine, queen of France from 1137 to 1152 who seems memorialized for being an outspoken, beautiful and complicated woman at […]
Travels with Valerie 