St. Emilion

Arrive at car rental at 8:00 and retrieve camera that I had left in the car the previous day. Then off to the boulangerie to pick up a ham and cheese sandwich and a croissant. Then to the bike shop Velo et Oxygen to pick up the rental bicycles. We arrive in St-Emilion 40 minutes later. 1 euro to go up the bell tower for a wonderful view of the town and country side, we are lucky to have such a sunny day. We also take a guided tour of the catacombs and the monolithic church at 11:30 for 6.50 euros. Talk with a young couple from Australia who are on an around the world trip. So far they had done Vancouver, Banff, Alaska, Montreal, Mexico, Peru, Brazil, Chile, Venezuela, Europe, and are planning to do South Africa, and then home. We forget that the tourist office closes at lunch and we had left our panniers in the tourist office while on the tour. So we have a relaxing lunch at an outdoor café. Leave St-Emilion around 14:00 and cycle to St-Sulpice de Faleyrens, the monolith, Pomerol and then back to Libourne at 17:00. In the evening we go see a soccer game at the local stadium. Libourne versus Lyon, the home tean wins 2-0 although Lyon had an excellent opportunity in the 1st minute of play. We got the cheap seats in the south end of the field behind the goal which were standing room only for 2 euros.