La Rochelle, France

No planned shore excursion. We took a shuttle downtown and wandered around this beautiful seaport city located on the Bay of Biscay in western France.

 

Looking out to sea from the harbor

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Kids learning to sail tied together and pulled by a "mother boat."

The entrance to the city, surrounding the narrow harbor entrance, was built up with old battlements.  
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Views of the city and harbor
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Locks that open to let small boats out

Wandering around
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Bureau du Port

 

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Wilson supervising kids in boats

 

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Nice paint!


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Lunch at a great Italian restaurant… in France.

 

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Closing shot. Nice door.

See full size images at my gallery site: https://billterry1.smugmug.com/Places/Western-Europe-Wine-Quest-2022/

Go here for a list of each day: https://www.billterry1.com/2022/07/western-europe-wine-quest.html


June 7, 2022

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