So you get 2 posts today since i've been slacking lately. Friday i flew from Barcelona to Bordeaux, France to spend the weekend with one of my TechSmith co-workers and his family who live just outside of Bordeaux.
They have been fantastic hosts. Friday night they fed me when i arrived with a selection of 7 different cheeses, some red wine and French bread. yum! Saturday we got up and had croissants with Nutella and yogurt (i had to tell you what we ate because it just seemed so "French" to me :). Then we headed to a great little outdoor farmer's market where they sold wine, and cheeses and all those kinds of French things. The booths were so picturesque- especially the bread stand.
We returned to their house about noon to have lunch with some friends they had plans with who did not speak English. It was interesting.
After lunch, we drove to a town called Saint Emilion which is in the heart of the Bordeaux-area wine country. It is a small town from the 12th century that was built around a church. The church was apparenly carved completely out of one giant stone complete with catacombs and all. It was incredible. We took a tour of the church (all given in French-eek- luckily they gave me a sheet to read in English) and then we spent the rest of the day winding through the narrow cobble stone streets of Saint Emilion.
The picutres that i took don't do the town justice, so i added a link that you can click on to look at some pics others took.
Au revoir pour maintnant!
Happy Birthday Jeff!
Stace
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