Bordeaux, France Travel Blogs

Map Pin Update
Jul 27, 2007

Bordeaux map pin update

Vine Hooligans discover Utopia
Aug 22, 2008 (53 photos)

... two estates the first being a small 2ha family estate and the second the more prestigious Chateau Agassac. Both had very interesting Bordeaux wines on offer made according to the strict controls et our by the AOC or Appellation d'origine contrôlée and for ...

The Driving Nightmare
Jun 14, 2007 (1 photos)

... leave too early, and hopefully miss the peak hour traffic. So we left at about 9 in the morning headed for Bordeaux in the south west of France. I pulled out of our hotel and came to the first intersection, nothing coming so I pulled out... on the wrong ...

Les chroniques de tortue génial
Sep 3, 2009

... dit en passant vont très mal pour écrire en français...ironique non?? Ah! j'viens de le trouver!!). Alors donc, arriver par TGV à Bordeaux(première classe en passant parce que sa coute vraiment pas cher pour moi...2€ de plus que le tarif normal pour la ...

Bordeaux.....WINE COUNRTY!!!!!
Jul 18, 2008 (3 photos)

Our early flight to Bordeaux left us with no where to sleep....we called a budget hotel near the airport and ended up getting a great deal...such a great deal that we kept going back to reception (and practicing our French) and asking for ¨ ...

Exploring Bordeaux & a formal dinner at sea
Aug 24, 2009 (3 photos)

... and lights on the coast. I got a few people to play Texas Hold'em in the Upper Aft Salon for several hours. During our meal and at the cocktail hour the crew was serving wines from the Bordeaux region. Early tomorrow morning we will be in Bilbao, Spain.

Hitchhiking from Paris To Portugal
Aug 7, 2009

... the side of the the freeway so we can keep going and not worry about getting back to it. so we ended up staying in bordeaux france because we ended up going there instead of Talouse since that´s where our ride was going we decided we would figure out how to ...

Bumming in Bordeaux
Jun 16, 2006

... out from exhaustion, as I'd already lugged it around Paris trying to find their hotel and then to the train station. Bordeaux's a student town and it has a much more relaxed atmosphere than Paris, probably due to the abundance of young adults and the ...

Bordeaux and Back
Jul 30, 2005

... -Bains 34th Jazz festival, what a treat, a free Jazz concerts all weekend...all that was needed now was a nice bottle of Bordeaux... 10 euro menu...the waiting JAzz band, playing old 50s Jazz in English, sitting on the grass 20 euro menu....and ...

Bordeaux
Jul 12, 2006 (6 photos)

... 3 nights in Biarritz, we found it would be hard to go back to Pamplona. We decided to venture up to Bordeaux before heading down south of France and skipping out on any more Spain or Portugal. So we arrived in Bordeaux and found our hotel(hotels here are ...

Bordeaux
Jul 24, 2008 (8 photos)

... a new mayor came in about 10 years ago there has been a lot of work to the city and lots of cleaning up to make Bordeaux the beautiful and tourism friendly city it is now. We took a tour of the city and found out about the history and saw the important ...

Mmmmm movinnng on to wine..
Aug 13, 2009

... the best beer in belgium...the best champagne in Reims..it is now naturally time to move on to the best red wine..Bordeaux! We´re staying with this great couple who are so incredibly welcoming..everyone should couchsurf! Last night we went out on the town ...

DIY Rose & Mike
Aug 1, 2009 (20 photos)

Bordeaux, France
Sep 6, 2006 (5 photos)

... around the vineyards and see how wine is produced. At the end of each tour we got to try a few types of red wine. That was basically the high light of Bordeaux and once again we were happy to leave, this time from France all together. Spain, here we come!

Bordeaux, France
Aug 22, 2005 (1 photos)

... American Airlines to Paris. (Big, comfy seats) The RER train into town. The Metro to Montparnasse Station. The TGV to Bordeaux. (Tiny, miserable seats) ARE WE THERE YET?! Thank goodness our friends are waiting and we have 3 days of red wine, great ...

Beautiful Saint Emilion
Jun 17, 2007 (34 photos)

... for our final evening of wine & chocolate... Rober took us to the Libourne train station @ 8:30am...back to Bordeaux, then finally...                    & ...

En Retour en France
Feb 12, 2009 (27 photos)

... known for its wine. Spent the weekend with two AWESOME Spanish girls, one my friend Laura who is living here in Montpellier and the other Lilian who has been living and working in Bordeaux for a couple of years. Drank wonderful red wine and had a blast. 

Happy Birthday to my baby!
Aug 13, 2009

Happpppppy Birthday Lucy!....she´s 3 today. I miss her... a LOT :( I can´t wait to spoil her with new toys and curling up together when I get back... Everyone spoil their pet today...they deserve it!

Bordeaux - I love this City!
Sep 5, 2006 (5 photos)

This post may be a little longer than others, because Bordeaux is another City that I fell completely in love with, and I want to do it justice. The City itself is old and majestic. It's small, but it's got all of the facilities you could want ( ...

20 000 lieue sous mes cheveux...
Sep 5, 2009

... , c'est incroyables dont "le miracle de saint-just" qui est un peu spéciale mais trop cool. je c'est pas c'était quel quartier de Bordeaux, mais a date c'est le seul où j'ai pas pogné une légère odeur d'excrément, haha!! J'ai pris aussi un méga bain de foule en me ...

Almost ready to leave
Jun 29, 2004

... dont have earlier trains that go to the airport. It would be logical. Ha, what am I saying, this is afterall France!!! The Wine Fest of Bordeaux is this weekend. Its should be a great party. What a way be sent off. Till next time - bisous pour ...

Bordeaux
Jul 5, 2007 (18 photos)

25-07-06 Bonjour a tous, On a quitte Bordeaux hier pr aller sur Montpellier visiter ma famille. Les 3 semaines sont passees tres rapidement. Ce fut la course aux vaccins, assurance voyage ect.. On est un peu sonne car en 1 semaine on a eu 5 vaccins ...

Vino, Vino, Vino - Bordeaux
Apr 9, 2009 (7 photos)

Today, I woke up early to catch the TGV train from Paris to Bordeaux, France.  One of the hostel staff was heading home for the night and rode with me virtually the entire 30 minute metro ride to the train station, Gare Montparnasse.  I found many Parisians ...

Thierry's Wine Bar
Jun 26, 2009 (6 photos)

... mince mixed with onions and parsley and some other stuff........you should have seen Ant's face!! He forced as much of it down as he could, but couldn't finish it off!!  A final message from Bordeaux from Mary and Ant........."Go there"!!

Is anyone ever ready to leave
Jun 29, 2004

Well Im almost ready to leave France. Its weird. Ive been here for 4 months, and dont want to leave yet. I like it. But at the same time, I feel that it is time to go. Its such a strange feeling. But I guess Im getting closure here. So I will be ...

Bordeaux- Dune du Pyla
Aug 11, 2006 (47 photos)

We took the night train from Paris to Bordeaux to visit our friend Etienne. We didn't sleep that well in the train and I was still really tired in the morning. Etienne came to pick us up from the train station and I fell asleep in the car. The guys went to ...

Bordeaux- red wine capital of the world
Jul 3, 2008 (3 photos)

... After about an hour though, the sweat beads were starting to form. They were trying to kill us haha. But soon we arrived in Bordeaux. Our friends in Barcelona warned us about the train station here but really it was not bad. The bus we were to take was ...

Day 3- Paris to Bordeaux
Jun 7, 2006 (7 photos)

DAY 3 - Paris to Bordeaux Long day in transit today. We started heading south, toward Bordeaux, and stopped at Chambord to see Chateau Chambord, a really cool old castle where we sat down in the sun on the grass and had a picnic of cheeses, pâté and of ...

"Frank-avec-accent" qui n'a pas d'accent
Sep 8, 2009

... passage et qui est en voyage pour 4ans.(inquietez vous pas je prolongerais pas mon voyage; haha) ou encore les francaises en visite a bordeaux. Ah oui encore une chose la maudite toune qui joue a la gare avant un message, me fatigue au plus haut point mais ...

MMMMMM VINO!!
Jun 5, 2008

... the green landscape, and wished the grey skys were blue. -- we have yet to see a full day of blue skies. -- We got into Bordeaux and promptly found our hotel. Not a bad joint. There is one bed, and a full bathroom with a door. How lovely to have a door ...