16/7/12




This weekend was filled with so many fun activities and excursions! On Friday we got out of school at noon and went on an excursion to "Anjou Troglodytique"  Which used to be an old underground town. It was pretty cool to see, although it would have been even better had it not been absolutely POURING rain. It consisted of a bunch of caves that used to function as living spaces for the whole town. 

Wine room

Les filles :)

Tunnels

After exploring for a while, and getting completely soaked, we left the little town for a visit to a winery. It was really cool to see how it was all made, and especially fun to get to go tasting after the tour!

Laura and me in front of a huge barrel of wine.

Cheers!

After the winery, our last stop was to an underground (sous-terre) restaurant where we would be eating dinner. Apparently the restaurant is famous for its mushroom dishes (which are not my favorite, but I DID try them),so I instead indulged myself in the fabulous, right-out-of-the-oven pita rolls that they brought us. We also got two bottles of fantastic wine for our table. It was such a great experience!

At dinner underground!

This also happened to be the day before Bastille day, which is when Angers does their big celebration with fireworks and huge sales. The bars are also open almost all night, so we had planned to watch the fireworks when we got back, and then go out. However, due to the rain, all that we could see of the fireworks were brief flashes of light, so we decided to go straight to our favorite bar and drink 2 euro beers instead :) It turned out to be a really fun night.