saint-émilion
After a long break, I’m back to posting photos from France. This installment is from our trip to Saint-Émilion, a beautiful wine country in southwestern France.
Carine showing off a bunch of wine grapes she picked from the vineyard in which we picnicked
Mathieu having a romp in the vineyard
We were surrounded by vineyards — a wine-lover’s dreamland!
This shop made delicious macaroons.
Bird’s-eye view
View from one of the castle windows
Maybe he had too much wine?
A sign from a wonderful soap shop
What would a trip to the wine country be without sampling some of the offerings? 🙂
Mathieu at the café
I have just a few more installments of our trip left. It seems as if I’ve been posting these photos forever! I hope all of you Americans have a great Thanksgiving!
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Gorgeous photos! The 3rd and 5th ones are just incredible!!
It looks like such an amazing place to visit…
it really is. i’m lucky! thank you!
All France is a wine-lover’s dreamland!
yes, it really is!
Stunning photos and post
thanks!
What history your photos capture. Thank you for sharing.
thanks so much!
Beautiful photos, beautiful place: and all that sunshine. Thanks for sharing these, they’ve really cheered my up on this blowy, rainy day 😉
i’m glad you enjoyed them! thank you!
Beautiful photos! Thanks for share it 😉
thank you very much for looking!
Wow!! Looks like such a beautiful place!
it is amazing! thanks for stopping by!
spectacular blog… love the place and how you do set up everything …
solange
thank you so much!
I adore saint-émilion, wonderful wines, fabulous views and a beautiful little town. Looking at your photos brought back memories of some lovely family holidays.Thanks for sharing.
it is really amazing! i feel very lucky to have visited. thank you!
Absolutely beautiful!
thank you very much!
Simply breathtaking photos!! . . . Congrats on being “Freshly Pressed”!! Well deserved!
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Lovely shots. This is where my parents-in-law live and it is magical!
yes, it really is amazing! thanks for looking!
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Lovely!
thanks a lot!
Très beau!
merci! 🙂
Thanks for sharing two joys of my life – old world villages and wine. Well done!
glad you enjoyed it! thanks!
Absolutely stunning photography, Meredith! Thank you for sharing!
thank you, assia!
I love this post. That’s it, settled. Wine tasting in France is next of the to do list!
you should definitely do it! it’s so wonderful! thank you!
The only thing that comes to mind is manifique! (did I spell that correctly?)
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i believe it’s magnifique 🙂 thanks so much!
Beautiful photos. Makes me nostalgic and homesick for France…Thank you for sharing such lovely photos and congratulations on being freshly pressed!
thank you so much, dounia! i appreciate it!
Gorgeous pics!!!!
thank you, annie!
Really lovely photos. I must go there. Great post!
thank you, flatland!
I would love to get to France. Your photography is beautiful and stunning. Thank you for sharing the magic of your trip with the rest of us. 🙂
france is incredible. thank you so much, @kenneth!
Thank you for sharing these photos! I felt like I was walking through France with your photos. It is such a beautiful place.
@j.c.v., i’m so glad you enjoyed them! thank you for stopping by!
lovely photos…
@gracelynnfleming, thanks!
Awesome Pics. I want to uncork some wine and enjoy…
@pacelinebiz, thank you! i definitely won’t discourage you from doing that 🙂
The architecture is fabulous! Nicely photographed, thanks for sharing.
@antarabesque, yes, the architecture was truly stunning, as it was in the rest of the country as well. thanks for looking!
You have captured France perfectly…..Tell me, the soap shop….was the name of it “Lush”? The soap you captured…was the scent raspberry and rose or something like that?
@whenquiet, thank you so much! honestly, i don’t remember the name of the soap shop, but i believe it was the only soap shop in saint-emilion. i also don’t remember the scents, but i do remember that they all smelled amazing!
so beautiful!
@liv, thank you!
Great photos!
Felt like I was there. Shame it didn’t taste like I was there 🙂
Some of the views, of the picture perfect village, reminded me of when I visited Malta! Similar building styles, pebble streets and even castles!
I’m now following and looking forward to these amazing photos! What was the wine like by the way?
@iamtongueincheek, thank you so much! i’ve always wanted to visit malta! our next trip will be to turkey, but perhaps we’ll have to plan to go to malta next! after morocco that is… 🙂 thanks so much for following! the wine was AMAZING. all of it. 🙂
Very apt photos to be freshly pressed for… and very well deserved!
@val, thank you so much!
beautiful photos! congrats!
@notanotherbarbie, thank you so much!
brlliant stuff
@wjjgibson, thank you!
@meredith I visited Turkey in June! Every few days I have happy flashbacks of my experience there. This is incredibly bizarre, but since seeing your blog post, I’ve realised that I need to post a few pics/stories about my experience while abroad! Many friends have asked me about Morocco and Turkey and what they were like in comparison. Before I travelled, I thought of them as being quite similar, which can be said about specific cultures etc…I digress!
Only now, I realised in your comment you mentioned Morocco, yet I just thought about it also. Gheez. :O We think alike for sure. I will definetly be sharing my experiences about both of those places as have lots of pics and stories!
Red wine. Time to paint the town red! 🙂
@iamtonguencheek, i would love to see your blog posts from your trips! i am SO excited to go to turkey. i’ve wanted to go there for a long time, but this trip is going to be my future husband and my honeymoon, so it will be extra special. my grandma told me that her favorite-ever country that she traveled to was turkey, so that helped to inspire my desire to go there. looking forward to seeing your posts! enjoy the wine!
Stunning photos – looks like a brilliant trip. Hmmm…while I am currently not in France, perhaps a sample of Saint Emilion will help ease the pain!!!! I am sure there is a bottle down in the basement!
@anita mac, thank you so much! you should definitely go check the basement! 😀
Gorgeous! Makes my Thanksgiving seem a little dull in comparison.
@rae, thank you! we actually went in september, but i’m just finishing up my posts now! i took about 1,500 photos in total, so there were a lot to post!
These pictures are worth far more than 1000 words. Terrific photo-story.
@newsy, thanks so much!
Great picture! Oh how I do love France. 🙂
@mpbulletin, thank you! yes, it is beautiful!
These are really awesome photos! Glad you had a good trip.
thank you, @shtina!
These photos are amazing. I live in America and have traveled within the country and have also been to Panama, but I’ve never traveled anywhere overseas. I’ve always wanted to visit Europe. There’s so much old world beauty in the land and the architecture. I love the photo of the macaroon shop.
thank you, @covered in his dust! i’ve been to europe a few times, and each time was amazing. i would definitely recommend it! we bought our tickets very early to save money. it’s expensive to travel abroad!
beautiful pictures.. It looks like a really amazing place.. 😀
@abichica, it really is. thank you for stopping by!
I am experiencing one of those wish-I-was-there moments. Stunning photographs of a fabulous part of the world.
thank you, @pnwauthor! i wish i was back there, too!
Beautiful pictures, this just makes me want to visit France like… NOW! Drop everything and get on the next plane there, haha.
thank you, @jessica! haha, yeah, i wish i could fly back there right now. it’s so beautiful.
Love your work! Beautiful photos!
@societyred, thank you so much!
Wow, gorgeous place and incredible photos. Love the bokeh of your lens too.
@reggie mateo, thanks so much! yes, that’s my favorite part about that lens. 🙂
Mikalee said it first and best… I must agree… jealous! In a good way, of course.
some of the street shots reminded me of the streets of Macau, but with lots and lots less people.
Beautiful… thanks for sharing
@tall pajama man, i appreciate it! thanks so much for stopping by!
Amazing!!!! Im speechless !!!
@giovannimaione, thank you very much!
Nice cobbled stones path 🙂
@cave story, yes, they were 🙂
These pictures are beautiful. I would love to go to France one day. Thank you for sharing these.
@renmbrock, thanks for looking! france is amazing.
Nice photos! So sharp. I’d like to visit this place someday.
@aileen, thank you! i would definitely recommend it!
la france me manque 😦 beautiful photos!
@thespectatorssport, un grand merci! 🙂
Okay, I’ll start saving up for that trip right now!
Nice play on rhapsody 🙂 I was thinking about how i could use it in my own domain name but i couldn’t come up with anything. Now I see someone did. Beat me to it!
@thepencilpirouette, i think your name is lovely! 🙂 thanks so much!
I loved every image…wonderful.
@azhar, thank you so much!
Thank you so much for sharing these well-taken photos with us. They really are a treat and are very inspiring.
@renee, i really appreciate that. thank you so much.
Really nice photos, and must feels homely and very peaceful!!!
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@thefoundationnepal, thanks so much! it was both!
It is a dreamland of visual feast. A beautiful and fun post. Thanks for sharing a breathtaking journey. Best wishes…
@the island traveler, thank you so much! i’m glad you enjoyed it!
Absolutely beautiful photos – makes me want to go RIGHT BACK TO EUROPE NOW!!
@erin, thank you! it makes me want to go back as well! 🙂
Wow…What a wonderful place! And really beautiful photos.
I want to visit this place sometime.Thanks for sharing.
@javelina, thank you so much! i would highly recommend visiting!
Stunning! Absolutely stunning!
@sseptic, thanks so much for stopping by!
lovely – i wanna go!
@karyl, i would highly recommend that you do! 🙂 thank you!
so nice pic
@bashir, thanks very much!
Lovely place, lovely pics…
@joko, much appreciated!
Gorgeous pictures. You seem to have really caught the moment.
thank you very much!!
These are fantastic! Reminded me of my trip to Florence…. 🙂 So much wine and food! And the people were so friendly. Thanks for sharing these!
@alex diaz, thank you so much for stopping by! glad you enjoyed them and they reminded you of happy memories!
Amazing pics! Thanks for sharing.
@tisalira, thank you so much for stopping by and for the kind words!
beautiful pictures!
thank you so much, @alyse!
beautiful scenes! your pictures are lovely. congratulations on being freshly pressed!
thank you so much, @yen! i appreciate it!
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Touche Moi is an awesome name for a soap 🙂 Congrats on FP!
yes, i agree! 🙂 thanks so much!
Very beautiful photos.
thank you very much, christian!
I actually worked as ‘grape-picker’ in St Emillion 30 years ago. A lovely part of the world and a great experience.
that sounds like a lovely job! thanks for sharing and for stopping by!
holy place
it was quite lovely 🙂
i like the hi-res photos the clearity of the photos are amazing nice post
thank you very much! i’m glad you enjoyed it 🙂
Wow, you went there at a perfect moment it seems, there so few people ! I’m used to see those streets full like the metro… I hope you enjoyed it, it’s a very nice place even if it is so ‘touristic’. Next time you try and visit the region, there are great places around there.
Your shots were marvellous. 🙂
yes, it was really perfect. our friends took us to a lot of different places during our stay, including blaye, which i really loved. i can’t wait to go back. thank you very much for stopping by!
Beautiful photos! I love the one of the macarons shop. It whisked me away 🙂
🙂 thank you so much, jill!
What an excellent collection of photographs. Great post. Thanks for sharing.
thank you very much, manoj! i’m glad you liked it!
The place is just awesome! Lovely shots! Had a great tour through your photos.
thank you so much, nee yan! i really appreciate it!
What a cool world you live in!
i wish i lived here! unfortunately, it was just a visit. but a great one! thanks!
Beautiful photos! They make me ache to return to France and marvel at how beautiful it is there…thank you!
thank you so much! i’m glad they had that effect on you! i miss it a lot, too… wish i could go back now!
Gorgeous photos! You have transported me there! My parents rave about Saint-Emilion! They spent a couple of weeks there befriending the vineyards 🙂 It’s on my list of places to visit… can’t wait to try the food!!!! Thank you for your pictures! I’m so happy I discovered your blog 🙂
thank you so much! it’s really a magical place. i would highly recommend it! i’m glad you discovered my blog, and in turn, i discovered yours! it’s a great blog that i will be following now 🙂 thanks!
Thank you! 🙂 Good photography and good food from our travels and experiences is what life is about right? Blogs best enjoyed with a glass of wine! LOL…. See you soon either here or my blog then! 🙂
Alessandra
very much agreed! 🙂
beautiful photos! oh how i miss europe!
thank you! i miss it, too!
I could live nd die there a very happy man. That little apartment in “the birds eye view” would do very nicely, but an iosalted farmhouse would do just as well.
i agree with you completely!
Gorgeous photos, you’ve inspired me to plan a trip!
Cheryl @ grapedeals.wordpress.com 🙂
thanks, cheryl! you should definitely plan a trip… the inspiration happens when you get there! 🙂
Amazing photos, a very beautiful place!!!! thanks for sharing!.
thank you so much for stopping by!
Lovely photos. I loved the way you have captured the bright sunshine. Thank you for sharing.
thank you, mahesh! i appreciate it!
Congratulations on getting freshly pressed.
Thank you for sharing the beautiful pictures.
thank you very much, gerard!
After a long day of complaining about the Prefecture, the metro and (non-existing) customer service, your photos remind me why I love this country. Thanks for the reminder!
my pleasure! it’s an amazing country. thanks for stopping by!
These photos are amazing. Now I want to go there!
i’m so glad you like them! you should definitely go there 🙂 it’s amazing.
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