A few weeks ago, we had a wine tasting! Our study abroad resident director, Pamela, has a friend in Chicago who is a professor of Greek Literature (?!) at Northwestern University. He came to our neck of the woods for a week and was roped into hosting a degustation de vin for all of us. We went from light to dark, and so started with two whites, two rosés (which are a specialty of the Provence region) and then 3 or 4 reds.
The Verdict: 2002 Chateau Pigoudet
Definitely the best red wine I have ever tasted. ever.
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Maggie and I were both expecting calls from our dads (which we don't receive very often, so it was exciting) on this particular afternoon. We took a stroll to one of the parks nearby and just relaxed in the sun. A note on the parks around here: I think it's pretty well understood that the French don't really abide by any kind of PDA policy..at all. And the parks, well, this is the place that I have discovered that couples of all ages, shapes and sizes, go to do pretty much everything they can without actually having sex. Needless to say, sometimes the parks aren't exactly a comfortable setting.