Cognac

27 July
Cognac

A must do! In fact – we are going to do it again sometime. Such a stunning little town totally enveloping its heritage. Loads of things to do. Little cycle routes, kids play areas, parks – natural and recreational, tastings of ... cognac, cobbled streets and fields of sunflowers and vineyards. A serious chill session.

Everything is perfect. We booked into a campsite called Cognac de Camping. They said we could not book for more than one night and we were gutted. It happened to be there is a huge jazz fest going on in town called Blues Passion, Cognac. The site is just great and is right along the riverside. We took our bikes into town, past the parks and wobbled through some cobbly streets to the town. Saw the great Hennesey building (probably the most stunning “brewing factory” ever) and trundled along the river path. Found ourselves what ever Saffa wants, some braai meat, and retired to the comfort of a camp fire.


In the background I heard some music – decided to stop ours playing from the laptop. Said to Nick that it must be live. This nuskierige apie (trans. inquisitive monkey) hopped on the bike to check. There they were – a group of Jazz dudes – mouth organs and all having a bit of a jam session. All the campers came round. Various people joined in. After we filled our braai bellies to the max we joined the masses for a few sessions.

Who would have thought Cognac to be so huge in Jazz! Super awesome. Will do it again anytime.