Author: Maren Hanetho

So, if I got this right – the originaal artist that made the big statue outsode of New York, was hired to do a fountain in Place Picard outside of Bordeaux city cemnter.

He decided to put a replica of his liberty statue there to, and it was good. But then the nazis Continue reading “Statue of Liberty – Bordeaux edition”

In front of the national gallery and the house of commerce is a huge waterinstallation wich changes form every 10 minutes or so. Continue reading “A fountain, mirror and mistmaker”

This town dates back to the 767 AD and is buildt out of Limestone. It has a beautiful historic look. What was once a busy citycenter, is now a quiet touristtown. Only five hundred people live here, but they are visited by a million tourists each year. The Bordaux area has somwhere between 8000 to 10000 chataus, 800 of them is in the Saint-Émilion Continue reading “Saint-Émilion”

Our second stop was a little familywineyard that makes 20 000 to 30 000 bottles a year. Chateau   Formbrauge makes 300 000 bottles in comperison. We felt very welcome here. The chateau had an old production that had started in 1400 hundreds. With very traditional winemaking. La Croizille Continue reading “La Croizille”

We took a wineyard tour with Bordovino. We highly recommend it. It was super fun, and we learned a lot.

The first stop on our tour was Chatau Fombrauge, one of the biggest wineyards in Bordaux. There has been a wineyard here since the 700 AD. Everything is modernisere now, of Continue reading “Chateau Fombrauge”