It's here! (but we're not)

Here it is, the Vin Primeur for 2006 from the Terroirs d'Aniane! Pretty, eh. It's a 3 litre cask, opened now, a light, slightly fruity drop, very pleasant on a warm autumn evening. A bit young, probably, for the connoisseur but it's going down nicely round here.

We're off to London tomorrow morning on the train. We're catching the TGV from Montpellier to Lille then on to the Eurostar, which goes under the sea and spits us out at Waterloo Station, London. It will take most of the day but I'm SO SICK of flying!!
We've got a bag of snacks, and I'm about to go out and buy some baguettes to make sandwiches for lunch. There is a buffet car on the TGV but our friends told us that the prices are a bit steep and the portions are very small! We've packed water bottles as well.

We're not taking our computers with us, or our cellphones so it will be an interesting techno-free holiday. We are taking a camera though so hopefully I will be able to post some photos when we get back.