October 27 St-Emilion

20171027 093313 Breakfast in Pascal and Paulette's spacious kitchen 20171027 093731 latte and cake for breakfast 20171027 103226 residue of a retirement party IMG 5913 Pascale's wine cave
20171027 103411 nice workshop! IMG 5914 Cemetary in their town IMG 5915 IMG 5916 tilting tombs
IMG 5917 Time's up, time for someone else IMG 5918 verticality IMG 5919 oaks! IMG 5920
IMG 5922 Joe on the leash 20171027 112958 quinessential rural French town IMG 5923 far enough south for olives 20171027 113322 by their front door.
20171027 124323 They drove us to St-Emilion 20171027 124445 the recessed village plaza 20171027 124455 preparing for rain IMG 3625 the shower arrives
IMG 3626 from a mixed sky 20171027 125118 slick streets IMG 3628 fouintain IMG 3629 Tower of the King
IMG 3631 The Steeple above the Subterranean Cathedral 20171027 125752 reference work IMG 3632 streetscape IMG 3633 note clearing sky
IMG 3634 the sun emerges IMG 3635 Paulette and Pascal 20171027 130442 Overview 20171027 130448 the route down
20171027 130626 20171027 131143 20171027 131155 Tour de Roi 20171027 131352 vineyard
20171027 133623 lunch at a pizzeria 20171027 135854 first cousins IMG 3640 St-Emilioni sits on the edge of a plateau 20171027 143826 the plaza in the sunshine
20171027 144924 guided tour of the village IMG 3641 IMG 3642 a monastery once outside the city walls, now abandonned IMG 3643
IMG 3644 IMG 3645 20171027 182851 schedule of train to Libourne IMG 3649
IMG 3651 our lodgings were below the village on the plain IMG 5924 a good place IMG 5925 but without a lot of character IMG 5926