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We're currently in Bordeaux which is quite famous for its...well Bordeaux!
Bordeaux is larger than most of the other cities we have visited (except obviously Paris) and much of its main streets are closed off to cars and have been pedestrianised. We're probably a five minute walk outside of the city centre which isn't too bad.
The buildings here are a bit darker in colour than those in Paris. We found out today that about ten years ago they were quite black from the pollution, however there was a big effort to clean them all and pretty up the city. Bordeaux isn't as pretty as Paris but it's a bit of a University town and it appears that it is more of a party place (not that I'd know given that I'm with the oldies). There's a lot of shopping here also.
Today we went on an organised tour to St Emilion which is about 40 minutes from Bordeaux. St Emilion is a medieval village renowned for it's red wines, so much so that the vineyards are now UNESCO listed. We went for a quick walking tour through the steep streets and then were left to roam around
at our own pace. We found a nice little place to eat and Dad basically got drunk and bought up all their red wine. We then went and had a few tastings at both a local shop which was fantastic and then an actual chateau (which was not as good). In the chateau we were given a tour of the wine making process and were taken down to their cellars which were built in the 15th century. There are so many underground cellars/ caves etc in St Emilion that buses or other heavy vehicles aren't allowed to drive through the streets.
We were going to party it up tonight and drink all our purchases, however we're all stuffed now and are off to bed!
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