No, we didn’t eat all the time, we also hiked along the vineyards, spent time on the beach, and tried to keep out of the rain …
More pictures here.
We spent two weeks in France, in the Aquitaine reqion, which includes the Périgord, famous for its duck and goose products, including foie gras, and the area around Bordeaux, famous for – well, the wine, and the Armagnac region in Western Gascogne, famous for, well, its brandy.
We visited the Clos des Menuts chateau and its wine-making facilities, and we got a tour of the Domaine d’Ognoas brandy distillery and cellars. We came home with more bottles of Bordeaux wine and Armagnac brandy than we care to admit, but it just tastes different once you’ve seen how they make it …
The most remarkable hotel we stayed at was the Domaine de Paguy, a little 16-century chateau in the middle of a vineyard.