Bordeaux

With my mum and dad visiting us in London, we decided to go to Bordeaux together for a long weekend. The first day was freezing but after that we had glorious autumn weather. The first day we had lunch in St Emillion and went on a winery tour and tasting (Franc Mayne).

Views over Saint-Emilion:


On Saturday we drove to Arcachon and went to Dune de Pylas which is the largest sand dune in Europe. It's beach on one side and forest on the other... I had never seen a sand dune this big before:


The next day we visited Sauternes which is a small and very picturesque town. We had a great lunch at a little restaurant and after having a lovely bottle of the local produce went to the tasting 'co-op' for more samples and purchases. This is a typical building in the town:


Back in Bordeaux we spent some time walking around the town and looking at the sights. This is a photo of the buildings by the river - the whole street is full of this beautiful architecture.