Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Sur la route du vin

I'm in Bourgogne (Burgundy for the anglophiles) in France. Me and the red bag are taking ourselves through vineyards in the renowned Cote d'or region. Basically I have a map, hotels are booked for me and on y va (yella for the arabphiles).

Today I walked about 10km, though likely more like 15 given the amount of times I got lost and had to backtrack. There was also a moment when I had to do some scrambling up old limestone stairway that was definitely not part of the route. It hit me when I was in the forest and almost sprained my ankle that you guys don't really know where I am... so the itinerary can be found at http://www.discoverfrance.com/. I'm on day 2 of the Burgundy Vineyard Walking Tour.

Its beautiful here, I am having daydreams of buying an 18th century home in the hills and becoming a viticulturalist. Though I don't quite know yet what such a job would entail.

More soon... am off to do some much deserved wine drinking in the town of Gervet Chambertin!

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