And yes, it kept raining, but with a few sunny patches so we had hope for better weather. It was great to have Tom with us. He instilled new energy in our exploring. Carol de Montrichard, our hostess at La Forge planned some wonderful adventures for us. On Thursday we visited one of the wineries of Andre Lurton empire. Had a fantastic tour with an American guide so we could discuss some of the subtilties of the wine making process. Our tour was followed by a wonderful lunch at a gorgeous winery, hotel, spa and restaurant around the corner (Chateau Haut le Smith). The first course oysters were subperb and can't remember what we had for the rest, but it was delicious. Tom G decided he wanted to see the coast (where the oysters came from). We never really did see the Atlantic, but instead the most enormous sand dune I have ever seen--really like a mountain (200 feet maybe). The road we were on ran behind the dunes along the coast. That night C cooked a wonderful dinner of duck breast, apseragus, potatoes, strawberries and of course wonderful wine.
Friday morning we awoke to more rain. We had breakfast with Carol and went into Bordeaux to wander around. Finally after lunch the skies cleared. Later that afternoon we went to St. Emilion for a wine tasting and dinner arranged by Carol. Wonderful as usual. More oysters for T&C, but none for TG.
Saturday was beautiful and we spent the day in the car driving from Bordeaux to Caen where we put TG on the train for Paris. Normandy is fascinating. More later
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