Bordeaux - A Sunday in Saint Emilion

 This is in the small village of Saint Emilion.  We spent a Sunday while all the wineries were closed wandering around this town.

 Saint Emilion was such a charming village that eventhough everything was closed, we enjoyed just walking the medieval streets.

 Crumbling facade.

 Pretty deserted streets.  Hardly a soul around.

 Overlooking the village.

 After walking around for a while we eventually found a wine shop that was open.  They had several wines open for tasting and the shop owner worked with our budget so we bought 1.5 cases to be shipped back to California.

 Then we left the village and drove our rental car out to the vineyards to get lost.  I was very surprised by how rocky the soils are.

 Like, super rocky.

Also, the vines are really tiny.  TK is a tall guy, but the trunk of these vines barely touches his shins.  American vines are closer to waist level.

 Then, because everything was closed we trespassed a little and played 'tourist' and took pictures of ourselves in front of signs to famous wineries.  

 This isn't even the entrance to the winery, I think it's where the delivery trucks go, but it's a cool sign!

When the sun went down we drove back to the Bordeaux apartment to rest up and get ready to resume winery visits on Monday.

-L