Lissys visit to the rum factory in Martinique

Amazing Grace
John and Julie
Wed 10 Mar 2010 18:48
This rm factory was originally owned by the Clement family, it is still distilling fine rum and exports all around the world.
It was also the summit meeting place for George Bush snr and France's president Mitteraund re the gulf war.

image/jpg

image/jpg

image/jpg



image/jpg



Lissy enjoyed the visit and we all liked the smell of the rum

image/jpg

image/jpg

image/jpg

image/jpg

image/jpg

image/jpg

image/jpg

image/jpg

image/jpg

image/jpg

image/jpg

image/jpg

image/jpg

image/jpg

image/jpg



The old Plantation house had been restored and the dining room is where the presidents had their lunch

image/jpg

image/jpg

image/jpg

image/jpg

image/jpg



There was a lovely walk through the plantation with lots of lovely plants and flowers

image/jpg

image/jpg

image/jpg

image/jpg

image/jpg

image/jpg



Lissy and I standing in front of the sugar cane which is what rum is made of'


image/jpg



And at the end you were able to sample the rums, John liked this!!!



image/jpg