Hello!
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| Hot air balloons over St Emilion |
I love hot air balloons and have tried countless times to
see the balloon festival in St Emilion.
This year I was lucky.
I had an early check-out in St Emilion and was in the garden of the
property as the balloons went sailing overhead, having taken off from Chateau
Haut Sarpe. The balloons floated over
the roof tops in the almost still morning air.
I’ve been in a balloon once – it was magical, and I’d
love to do it again.
Whatever you do this week in the Gironde and Dordogne
regions, have a great time.
Best wishes,
Helen
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| It flew right over the house... |
Week 43 2015
Monday 19 October
Tuesday 20 October
Wednesday 21 October
Thursday 22 October
22 October 19h30 :Irrational Man is showing in VO at the
Grandecran in Libourne.
A tormented philosophy professor finds a will to live
when he commits an existential act.
Directed by Woody Allen, starring Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone and Parker
Posey
22 October
20h30 : Quiz night at La Cave des Chevaliers in Villefranch de Longchat.
Friday 23 October
23 October 16h15 :Irrational Man is showing in VO at the
Grandecran in Libourne.
On October 23rd, Chateau Haut Sarpe will host the next piano recital of Gayane
Liebe-Petrosyan at 8:00 PM.
Gayane is an artist, some of you have enjoyed the talent at the concert
she gave in June 2014 to the Rotary Club of Saint-Emilion to ESOG. Born in
Armenia, she made all her piano training at the upper music conservatory in
Yerevan where she naturally became professor in charge of the training of
singers and opera singers, while pursuing her solo career.
On the program:
- Around 7:30 PM Visit the cellars of Upper Sarpe is scheduled before
the concert
- Around 8:00 PM: Piano Recital of Liebe - Petrosyan Gayane
- Around 9:30 PM : Wine tasting of the castle after the concert
To book :
Send an email with your name and the desired number of seats at the
following email address: jp.liebe@gmail.com
The hall is planned for up to 200 seats.
Saturday 24 October
24 October : Brocante and Vide Grenier at Galgon
24 October : Phoenix Book Fair at the Salle Municipale in
Campsegret
24 October : Marche aux fleures d’automne at the school
in St Pey de Castets
24 October : Repas Crepes lunch and evening at the
Restaurant la Melee in Flaujagues
24 – 25 October
: Fete du Vin Nouveau & de la brocante in the famous antique street Rue
Notre Dame in Bordeaux
24 – 25 October : Portes Ouvertes .
Fronsac Chateaux open their doors to the
public this weekend.
Find out more
here
24 – 25 October : Did you know there is a Saffron Farm
nearby?
To discover all about this luxurious
spice visit the farm in Nérigean and enjoy their open weekend
here
Sunday 25 October
25 October : Brocante Vide Grenier St Martin at
Flaujagues
25 October :
Les Puces de la Bastide in the centre of Ste Foy la Grande
25 October 14h : Quine (Bingo) at the Foyer
Municipal de Port Ste Foy. Run by the
Ste Foy Lions Club,
so gather up a group of friends and practice your French numbers
– you might even win a prize! (do ‘legs eleven’ and ‘two little ducks’
translate?)
25 October 20h30 :Irrational
Man is showing in VO at the Grandecran in Libourne.
Coming up…
27 October 16h15
:Irrational Man is showing in VO at
the Grandecran in Libourne. (2 for 1 for Orange customers today)
PORTES OUVERTES at La Poterie de St. Géraud
Saturday 7th November 10am - 6pm
Mulled wine, cakes and pots! Everyone
welcome. Bring family and friends! Lots of Ch
ristmas gift ideas.
And finally…
Don’t forget the clocks go back this weekend on Saturday
night.
The time changes on October 25 at 2:00 am which means you'll
have a shorter night out, but an extra hour in bed on Sunday morning. To
remember which way to set your watch, there's a useful mnemonic: “spring
forward, fall back”
It’s not such an old system, in fact it was an Englishman,
William Willet, who first suggested it in 1907, but it didn’t actually start
until the Germans accepted the idea in 1916.
France hasn’t always been 1 hour ahead of GMT, initially
in 1911 France adopted the same time at Greenwich, but during the occupation in
1940 it assumed the German time zone. Following the end of the war, it returned
to Greenwich time.
All change again in 1975 when the president Valéry
Giscard d'Estaing , prompted by the extremely high petrol prices, moved the clocks
forward 2 hours in spring and then back 1 in autumn and thus bringing us to our present day time
zone.
Since 1998 the dates for changing the clocks throughout
Europe were harmonised.
To read more about this, see the article from the
Telegraph
here
31 October 18h: Hallo’Wine’ party at the Espace Tourisme
& Vin at Pineuilh. 
