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Bordeaux - First impressions
... scheme. We've had a few rides already, the bikes are not quite as good...harder seats, awkward brakes...but good enough. We spent yesterday exploring...a gorgeous city. They are non car focused, they even have the first Sunday of the month with no cars in the city! Interesting. Feels a v livable city
Also did our standard open bus ride. Much cheaper here at €11 cf New York at about $40... But also shorter
Saw a few street ...
Weekly update - From St Jean de Luz to Bordeaux
... break into tears about her dead husband...and the man with her to explain that he was her husband and that his wife had Alzheimers??? She said he was a lazy hanger-on, who drank too much and he said she was unfortunately afflicted. At least that's what we think was going on. And then Sandy was worried she had started Le 3eme Guerre Mondial (World War 3). After they left the owner of the bar said ...
C'est bon, C'EST BON !
... beam. It gradually got faster and faster until the people were bobbing forward and backward on the swinging seats as they swooshed past us incredibly fast, screaming all the way. I did not ride that.
But I thought I ought to ride something. I settled on "Sexy Dance," which looked tame except for the paintings of practically-topless women adorning the walls around the ride. The ride started rotating around, and I thought, yeah, this is pretty ...
Beautiful Bordeaux
... the many monuments and the grand Gothic Cathedral of Saint Andre de Bordeaux en route. There were lots of magnificent fountains and apparently 64 monuments of which at least three are listed as Unesco sites apart from five churches; a grosse cloche (Big Ben???); the Grand Theatre; two palaces and the Porte Cailhau. So there is a lot to commend this city which ...
Chocolate souffle for breakfast
... wondering what sort of place our accommodation was, as we walked through some pretty down market and dubious parts of Bordeaux! It was raining so we were somewhat bedraggled when we reached the address, which was just a wooden door on the street. To our surprise, we walked into a delightful terrace and inside to our lovely room, tastefully decorated and warm for us. Daniele our host is delightful and she and her husband simply cannot ...

