Home exchange trip to Bordeaux
 
I spent a week in Bordeaux before heading back to New York. Vineyards, forests, beaches, chateaux - the region has it all. Martha and Chloe stayed an additional two weeks in Talence.
 

   


On the TGV from Paris to Bordeaux
Village of St. Emilion
Bordeaux grapes
Vineyard and ruins
 
Chloe explores St. Emilion
The Musée de la Bande Dessinée et de l'Image, in Angoulême
At Lacanau they were hosting the World Surfing Championships
 
Gumballs!
 
The beach at Le Porge is big enough to accommodate this crowd
Chloe's portrait of me
Chloe in Queen Margot's grotto at the Château de Cazeneuve
 
 
Tractor engine
 
Château de Roquetaillade
 
 
I took the early TGV back to Paris...
...changed planes in Iceland...
...and was in New York in time for the sunset