Apparently, Bordeaux is filled with wine and laughter

This past weekend rounded out the last of the holiday weekends this summer, so we hit the road with our friends, Skee and Michelle, to the Bordeaux wine area in southwestern France.  It was a fabulous weekend filled with laughter to the point of tears, beautiful villages, great friends, and, bien sur, lots of wine.

Loire Valley: Castles, Wine, Countryside

First things first, don't tell a French person you went to the Val de Loire (Loire Valley) because this is apparently an American term for this area.  If you don't want the French to look at you with utter confusion, then you should call this area the Val de chateaux.  But, regardless of what you call it, it's an amazing place to spend a weekend!  We had a blast visiting the chateaus and wineries with my parents!