A marathon in 3:14 on La Coulée Verte on Saturday morning, the 40 years of my club in Paris, the ASVP (Association Sportive des Vétérans de Paris) and a off with a few ultrafondus between Versailles and bDampierre/b (Yvelines county). La coulée verte b..../b Unexpectedly Jean met the elite runner Arturo Barrios of Mexico, at his bhotel/b while visiting Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. Arturo was famous for setting the world record of 10000 meters in 1989 (see The New York Times article) . ...
In a story that somewhat mirrors that of Nicole-Barbe Clicquot, it was down to the young widow to take on the running of the bestate/b, here assisted by her son Alexis and son-in-law Maurice Leroux. b.../b a special selection from four distinct terroirs of clay and limestone at Montreuil Bellay which provides red varieties for the blend, with white varieties grown on more sandy limestone soils at St-Hilaire-St-Florent, St-Léger-de-Montbrillais and bDampierre/b-sur-Loire. b.../b
After the tour, we were graciously invited to a champagne tasting of Dampierre champagne. Our host was Mr. Audoin Dampierre and the Champagne Lady. These two were as exhuberant as their champagne and full of wonderful stories. ...
