Beaujolais - Contiki

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So after leaving the amazing city of Paris. We drove along to Fountainbleau, and to see one of the many palaces made famous during Napolean's reign. It was set amongst some amazing gardens and was a great way to start the day.

We then made our way through the central part of France, before reaching our destination, an old chateau for 2 more nights accommodation. It is set in the Beaujolais wine region, just outisde of Lyon, and we arrived to some great views of the vineyards that surround the area.

We started with some wine tasting of the local produce, before dinner, which I helped prepared this time .... and it was actually made pretty fun! Our first night saw a beach theme party, so out came the boardies and zinc cream set on the backdrop of the sun setting over the vineyards while we mingled and drank out the front of the chateau before we retired to the underground nightclub, called The Cave.

It was a pearler of a night! Possibly one of my favourites for the whole tour, as we tore strips off the other tour group there with us for partying prowess and better people prowess! A few of us tried the 'eau d'vie' shot, which is 65% alcohol, which Cat then returned back in her cup along with some carrots and the like! We continued on throughout the night, with many great and fun times had, including our super dooper dance moves lead by the scintillating mormon, Susan, and poses also became a hit of the night! Other events I cannot mention here, but I will forever laugh about.

The next day we took a walk around the area, with a picnic up to a lookout point lead by a little Jack Russell (not Jake Russell!). Along the way we chatted with local winemakers who were harvesting their crops. The view was sensational at the top of the hill, as we drank and ate throughout lunch. We then made our way back down, past more vineyards and to a small set of shops in the small town. We had a few drinks and a few laughs.

Back to the chateau for some sun baking and reading in the serene setting before dinner and a few more drinks in The Cave to finish off our time there! Only a few of us came out that night and we had another good night, finished off with a headstand contest in the club!

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Photos

Coming back
Sharlee, Susan, Craig, Kez, Molly, Me, Naomi, Christie and Kat. While at the front rests Sean and Suzie

Mol and Me
Gotta pose!

at The Cave
Craig, Molly, Kezza and myself .. friendship forged early

Me and Kez
I think she is enamoured

Picnic on the top
Relaxing picnic

View
while eating out picnic lunch

acting the fool
easy job

Shinz
with Nat, Shell and Craig on either side

at The Cave
Christie, Mol, Kez and Nomes

Our wake up view
French vineyards

Vineyards
This guy frightened the heck out of us

Soccer
at the French Chateau we stayed in

posing
with smudged zinc, courtesy of Shinz

Picnic
On top of the world