Friday nite for dessert

Cheese & Sauterne

Friday night in the big time

OK, we've survived a nap and now its time for dinner. We make our way to a wonderful restaurant in Sauternes. Main courses, after opening kir royal's, are... steak for moi, duck for David and salmon for Cathy. The wines - see pics are wonderful. A GREAT meal - wondeful way to kick off the trip. Yeah, we put a dent in the budget, but when in Rome...

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Arrive !

Three hours to the Twin Cities - lunch - eight, yes EIGHT, hours to Amsterdam. Did not sleep a wink, but music and a movie (The Joneses). Listened to Tracey Thorne's new album - Love and its Opposite - best song was Hormones. Tracey was the Girl in the band Everything but the Girl.
Arrive AMS, clear security AGAIN, go to the basement, take a bus to the tarmac and onto a "City Hopper" jet to Bordeaux. Arrive, rent a car (Golf Plus), fire the GPS and listen to Bossy Ben say... Turn Right in 500 feet. Drive to Chateau d'Arche in Sauternes. Check in. Grand old place. See pics.
No ATM's in Sauternes - drive to Langon - get cash - it's now 15:00 and no, let me say again, NO cafes are open. Dontcha love the Franceland! So, I'm running on no sleep, no food, my blood sugar is in the toilet. We grab a sandwich at a bakery - can't find anything to drink - head back to the hotel, consume the san with a bottle of hotel room water. C R A S HHHHH!. 1.5 hour nap. Oh gawd, I'm human again. Join David in the lobby - we order a bottle of 6E white, which we proceed to slug down. Cathy arises and we head to dinner...
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