photo dump, pt. 3: St. Emilion

Alright. So we went to this great little city/town called St. Emilion, named after the saint who lived in a cave there and had the power to heal the sick. Its architecture dates back to the Middle Ages and it was really cute. (If only it hadn't been raining the whole time!) We went into the large "monolith" church that was dug out of the rock, and then through the catacombs. Underneath St. Emilion, there are over 200km of catacombs, but most (98%) no longer have human remains, because in 1789 (French revolution!) people came through, burned all the bodies, and scrubbed the walls with all the paintings....(way to go, France. grrr.) And after a tour of the catacombs, caves and church, we went wine tasting! First we saw how they make wine, then we sipped on a nice red wine (because, what else can you drink in Bordeaux?!) Also, there were no photos allowed in the church or catacombs, so I mostly have pictures of the rainy outdoors....
















and, at the end, after the wine tasting we were shuttled into the shop to buy wine. There were bottles worth hundreds of euros, and then there was this:


so classy.....after all those pictures, I am going to take a little blogging break. I'm going to go and visit some museums this afternoon, and so, expect more photos soon!