Toronto · Paris · Bordeaux · Belvès
After a longish day+, we are safely ensconsed at the delightful Hôtel Clément V in Belvès.
We left Toronto on Saturday evening on an Air France flight to Paris, along with the 100 or so members of the Kirov Orchestra who were on their way home to St. Petersburg after a one-month tour of North America. (This included a well-reviewed concert in Toronto on Friday night which we read about while on board with them!). One of the most interesting aspects of travelling with the orchestra was that all the cellos got their own seats. Imagine eight or so cello cases strapped into their own airline seats - every one with a window.
From Paris we changed planes and flew on to Bordeaux where we picked up our rental car and drove to Belvès, a journey of just under 3 hours. Much of the journey covered some amazing wine country - vineyards everywhere. The weather was quite nice (we give it a 2.0 on the Knowmark Weather Scale today) - it varied from bright sunshine to torrential downpour and several variations in between.
After a nap and a brief orientation walk around Belvès, we decided to eat at our hotel and had a delicious light supper of salmon quiche and a green bean/tomato salad all washed down with a tasty 2002 Bosredon (Bergerac). This wonderful meal was prepared and served by our gracious host Anne who has already been of great assistance.
Our luggage, patiently waiting to be loaded into our spiffy Renault Megane (Scenic)
2002 Bosredon (Bergerac)
We left Toronto on Saturday evening on an Air France flight to Paris, along with the 100 or so members of the Kirov Orchestra who were on their way home to St. Petersburg after a one-month tour of North America. (This included a well-reviewed concert in Toronto on Friday night which we read about while on board with them!). One of the most interesting aspects of travelling with the orchestra was that all the cellos got their own seats. Imagine eight or so cello cases strapped into their own airline seats - every one with a window.
From Paris we changed planes and flew on to Bordeaux where we picked up our rental car and drove to Belvès, a journey of just under 3 hours. Much of the journey covered some amazing wine country - vineyards everywhere. The weather was quite nice (we give it a 2.0 on the Knowmark Weather Scale today) - it varied from bright sunshine to torrential downpour and several variations in between.
After a nap and a brief orientation walk around Belvès, we decided to eat at our hotel and had a delicious light supper of salmon quiche and a green bean/tomato salad all washed down with a tasty 2002 Bosredon (Bergerac). This wonderful meal was prepared and served by our gracious host Anne who has already been of great assistance.
Our luggage, patiently waiting to be loaded into our spiffy Renault Megane (Scenic)
2002 Bosredon (Bergerac)
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