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More Wine and Chateaux in Bordeaux

Posted: September 9th, 2012 by Scott

While we were in Bordeaux we hit up the Tourist office for some interesting ways to experience the wine of the region without driving ourselves around to the chateaux too much. The first thing that caught our eye was a 2 hour class and tasting which was run by L’ecole du vin (The school of […]

Northern France, Catching Up!

Posted: September 7th, 2012 by Scott

Wow how long has it been since we’ve posted! Did we get caught up drinking French wine and eating Croissants to bother doing anything about the site? Hmm, well maybe a bit. But here’s a quick rundown of what we’ve been up to for the past couple weeks. Or at least some of it. Picking […]

Normandy, the land of Calvados and Camembert

Posted: August 22nd, 2012 by Courtney

Our next stop was the port town of Honfleur on the coast of Normandy.  We found the town to be very touristy, but enjoyed some nice seafood and left the following day. The next morning we drove into the heart of the Calvados region.  We stayed in an cute little B&B in the very small town […]