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6 November 2012

Wine tour de France

France, Photos, Switzerland

It wasn’t planned that way, but we certainly ended up touring our way through a handful of France’s well known wine regions (as well as a short detour into Switzerland). Here’s a scattering of photos from the trip.

Laon cathedral
Champagne grapes under a sunny sky
Every possible inch of champagne country is vine-covered
Tunnels under Epernay, the cellars of Mercier
Nancy\'s grandeur
Fancy street lighting, Nancy
Alsace! Wine country
This building in Obernai reminded me strangely of Chiloe Island, Chile
The ridiculously picturesque streets of Eguisheim
Cheeeeeese! From all over France, here in Colmar\'s indoor market
Bern, capital of Switzerland
Arcades line every street in the old centre of Bern, so no-one gets wet
Street lighting, Fribourg
Chateau Chillon. Iconic
Through the gates of Chillon the medieval takes over
Admiring the ceiling in Chillon\'s chapel. I like the modern touch
The dank and atmospheric cellars of Chillon, partly carved from the living rock
Pinte Besson, a good meal out in Switzerland
And as we returned to France the sun came out...
Annecy, achingly pretty mountain town
Annecy\'s chateau
Grenoble at night, spread out like a blanket of pixels
Houses in Moustier-Saint-Marie clinging to the cliff
The Gorge du Verdon
Another part of the twisting, turning gorge
Griffon vultures soar on the thermals above the gorge
Tumbledown gate in the village of Rougon
The chateau in Entrecasteaux
Beautifully carved door knocker, Aix-en-Provence
Avignon\'s renowned Palais des Papes, magnificently massive
Nifty floor tile spotted in the Palais des Papes
Looking out over the rooftops of Avignon as the Popes may have done
The ruined fortress above Les Baux - here stood a lookout tower
Looking over the Rhone from Tain L\'Hermitage
The Rhone valley, seen from high above the vines of Crozes-Hermitage
Perouges, a medieval village so well preserved that it has the feel of a film set. No accident, it is often used as such
Chateau-Chalons, a charming Jura village even in the rain and at dusk
Fresh produce, Besancon market, our final day

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