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Another visit to the Union de Producteurs de Saint Emilion
We were invited, once again, to visit the Saint Emilion wine Co-operative, the Union de producteurs de Saint Emilion(UDP), for a tour of the production area and to renew our relationship with the Cooperative. The drive down through rain drenched … Continue reading
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Tagged Bon Abri, Dordogne, France, Gironde, gites, holiday, Puyangou, Saint Emilion, Tourism, travel, UDP, Union de Producteurs de Saint Emilion, wine, wine production
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A Saint-Emilion wine tour – and more.
Every now and again, as people in the ‘Hospitality’ business, we get invitations to interesting events organised by the Office de Tourisme or one of the notable or more pro-active tourist venues. In this case we were invited (along with … Continue reading
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Perhaps my French is improving after-all
Just re-posted now I have worked out why the images did not previously show up. – We drove through the quiet village of Monze, deep in the land of Corbiere wines (in Languedoc-Rousillon and south-east of Carcassonne). Wide, flat valleys … Continue reading
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Perhaps my French is improving after-all
We drove through the quiet village of Monze, deep in the land of Corbiere wines (in Languedoc-Rousillon and south-east of Carcassonne). Wide, flat valleys dozed cosily in the shelter of the cracked and shattered folds of the often bare … Continue reading
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Les cagettes de l’ouest and a good night out
A few nights ago there was another of the ‘open mic’ nights in the village hall “George Brasssens” in Chenaud, Dordogne, France; where the ‘open’ section is followed by a main band. As Chenaud is only, and quite literally, ‘just … Continue reading
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A concert on the beach in Royan
The summer in Aquitaine is a cultural melting pot, full of lively, bubbling, spicy activity providing a glut for any sized cultural appetite. The greatest difficulty is deciding what to see and above all what has to be left out. … Continue reading
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A musical round trip through Bergerac from Bon Abri gites
The beautiful and compact city of Bergerac is less than an hour from Puymangou and the gites at Bon Abri. The lovely city of Bergerac was not our primary destination but it proved to be a very entertaining one. It … Continue reading
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Tagged Bergerac, Bon Abri, Book fair, Concert, Dordogne, France, gites, Jazz festival, live-music, music, Phoenix, Purple Blues, Puymangou, Serge Moulinier Trio
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Into south west Charente from Bon Abri Gites
As one sits on the patio behind the Old Apple Store with a glass of wine one will be gazing out across the vines in the field below, over the trees to the river Dronne and beyond to the low, … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, Blanzac, Blanzac-Porteresse, Bon Abri, Charente, churches, devotional, Dordogne, France, Fresco, gite, gites, holiday, l'eglise St arthemy, Painting, Puymangou, travel
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Bon Abri Gites – Sardines and déjeuner sur l’herbe
For the next two-days the greatest fair in this part of France will showcase a wide range of animals and birds (big and small) from beef on the hoof that arrives in farmers trailers and leaves in abattoir trucks to … Continue reading
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Bon Abri Gites – This time Brantome and Bourdeilles
Easter weekend, the promise of a change in the weather and advertisements for a lot of events throughout the Dronne valley and beyond; sounds like the recipe for a great weekend. Surprising as it may seem we set off from … Continue reading