Week 1 of my trip through France. I am writing this post on my mobile phone so please excuse the formatting.
Well, 3 days if travel found us at Charles de Gaulle airport, with a day stopover in Seoul. Flying with an infant was not as bad as I thought it would be, Flynn was best behaved child on the flight.
After arriving in Paris we picked up the hire car, a Renault legana, with 6 gears. An hour and a half later and we were in Champagne.
After several arguments with the French GPS, I attended the first day of the Biocontrol of Plant Pathogens workshop. This was a really fascinating 3 days.
I had always thought that using bugs to fight pathogens was solely a competition thing, bugs eating bugs. But there is also an induced systemic resistance, which is really cool and at the forefront of new technologies for combating disease.
The gala dinner for the workshop included a tour of the Pommery caves and dinner in the Grand Maison. A delicious dinner, I think duck was in every course.
With a couple of days spare in Champagne, we visited a couple of smaller producers, Hure Freres and Jacky Charpentier. Both young winemakers with loads of passion for their wine.
Next stop, Alsace
Well, 3 days if travel found us at Charles de Gaulle airport, with a day stopover in Seoul. Flying with an infant was not as bad as I thought it would be, Flynn was best behaved child on the flight.
After arriving in Paris we picked up the hire car, a Renault legana, with 6 gears. An hour and a half later and we were in Champagne.
After several arguments with the French GPS, I attended the first day of the Biocontrol of Plant Pathogens workshop. This was a really fascinating 3 days.
I had always thought that using bugs to fight pathogens was solely a competition thing, bugs eating bugs. But there is also an induced systemic resistance, which is really cool and at the forefront of new technologies for combating disease.
The gala dinner for the workshop included a tour of the Pommery caves and dinner in the Grand Maison. A delicious dinner, I think duck was in every course.
With a couple of days spare in Champagne, we visited a couple of smaller producers, Hure Freres and Jacky Charpentier. Both young winemakers with loads of passion for their wine.
Next stop, Alsace
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