Tuesday, June 29, 2010

June 20, 2010. Bordeaux and Libourne

Map

Arrived at the Bordeaux Airport after long flight with connections in Boston and Paris.

Even airport surrounded by the grape bushes.




At noon arrived at Libourne. It is the wine-making capital of northern Gironde and lies near Saint Emilion and Pomerol, with a total population of approximatly 23,000 people.

In 1270, Leybornia was founded as a bastide by Roger de Leybourne (of Kent), an English seneschal of Gascony, under the authority of King Edward I of England. It suffered considerably in the struggles of the French and English for the possession of Gironde in the 14th century, and joined France in the 15th century.

Check-in in Hotel de France.

Vew from the room.


Sunday market was full of locals and tourists in the center of the town, right by the Town Hall.







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