Spring 2004 was 7 years minus a month + ago today... a very rainy and gloomy spring then. Back then I had shoulder length hair and was a student on cultural visits organized by the CUFLE (Centre for French as a Foreign Language) in University of La Rochelle. The teachers thought that visiting wine countries that France is famous for was a 'chouette' (great) idea and we thought so too...and so off we went to Saint-Emilion, beyond the famous city of Bordeaux in the South-West of France.
Wine...wine...wine...history...history...history...and food.
At the beginning of the wine route in a tram...
and spring rained on us...
cemetery behind the town church...
first glimpse of the vineyard, with a distance view of the town
Wine cellar of a vineyard (forgot the name). We were given a wine tasting session with some very fine wine and a bottle or two of Grand Cru Classe.
view outside the chateau (wine maker's maison...not a real castle)
the town hall after the rain...
another view
a very old church carved onto the hill side (called monolithic church)
the bell tower of the church...
outside the courtyard of the church
The cavern of the church's interior...
the weakened limestone structure reinforced with technology...
the ceiling vault...
carved messages on the walls of the catacombs...
intriguing hole on the ceiling vault...
more stone tombs in the catacombs...
Chapel of the Trinity...
frescoes on the chapel's dome...
external wall
the many cobbled and undulating streets of Saint-Emilion on a quiet Sunday
Visit Saint-Emilion on http://www.saint-emilion-tourisme.com
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