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