St Emillon

Another lovely day. We could easily slip into a nice groove for a fortnight's holiday here in Bordeaux. We had a leisurely morning and met Charline in St Emillon for an explore. It was a nice drive there, with loads of vines. The harvest is underway, so there are lots of vines still covered in masses of grapes, and some that have been picked, with heaps of cute wee tractors and mini-mechanical harvesters.

The kids all got a quest at the tourist office, with a trail to follow around the village. It was a great way to see the place and we wandered all up and down the streets, when we took their competed tasks back to the tourist office the prize was the key to the Belltower, we had our lunch at a park and then went up to see the amazing view. Such a beautiful town, vines, clay tiles and cobbled streets.

After lunch we visited a wine cave - an amazing medieval celler with a lot of old dusty bottles and barrels...and then we had a little degustation :) 

Then we said farewell to Charline, until dinnertime, and had a tour of St Emillon's cave, the catacombs and the Monolithic church - carved out of the limestone. We headed home after that, nice afternoon 25c and the kids all had a big swim. Charline and Pierre are heading our way for dinner again tonight and we head north again in the morning.

Lyn