Published: March 24th 2010March 10th 2010
Spent the week in a gite in a small village called Brives sur Charante, outside Cognac. The weather was bitterly cold with an icy wind. The gite was owned by a lovely couple and we had many cups of tea in their converted farm house. So cold that we didn't manage to play golf or cycle so we resorted to the next best thing, eating and drinking. We visited the Henessey distillery and explored Cognac and Saintes. Next stop Valencia for the Fallas Festival. Yipee
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Drinking Part 1
Happy in Henessey Bar
Eating and Drinking Part 2
What a bit of beef
Eating & Drinking Part 3
Happily in anticipation of both
Saintes - Roman amphitheatre
Break from drinking and eating
Cognac
Busy place init
Cognac Gite
Peaceful and quiet
View from gite
Lovely but freezing
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