Bordeaux
Travel Blogs from Bordeaux, France
Vine Hooligans discover Utopia
... 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 ...
The Driving Nightmare
... 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 ...
We're back!
... have a wee (but gorgeous) old town in the middle of a contemporarily metropolitan city. The neoclassical architecture of Bordeaux stretches as far as the eye can see and resembles the endless blocks in Paris or Geneva’s old town ...
Les chroniques de tortue génial
... 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 ...
Bordeaux.....WINE COUNRTY!!!!!
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 ¨une autre nuit ...
Exploring Bordeaux & a formal dinner at sea
... 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, ...
Hitchhiking from Paris To Portugal
... 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 ...
Bumming in Bordeaux
... 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
... -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 ...
Toulouse and Bordeaux
... . We stopped over at Toulouse on our way to Bordeaux, and although it is a pretty little town, Bordeaux takes the cake for this slice of France. Christmas markets were on, ice skaters were skating merrily outside, and delicious food and wine were on the ...
Mmmmm movinnng on to wine..
... 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 ...
Bordeaux, France
... 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 ...
Super speedy
346km in under 2 hours and 30 minutes - 26 euros later and we are in Bordeaux. After a strategic pack Wagner had more room than ever and ready for the pick up of Meghan and Alvin. Lunchtime... so we found a place, read the menu (in our best french), ...
Bordeaux, France
... . 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, ...
Beautiful Saint Emilion
... Chateau for our final evening of wine & chocolate... Rober took us to the Libourne train station @ 8:30am...back to Bordeaux, then finally... ...
where do we start.
... but a bastard to get around in a car. The next day we headed off to St Emillion and Pommerol in the North east of Bordeaux. This was predominantly merlot based wine (80 to 90 %) with Cabernet Savingnon and Cabernet Frank as the rest. The next day we ...
Happy Birthday to my baby!
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!
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...
... , 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 ...
Almost ready to leave
... they 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 ...
Bordeaux
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
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 ...
Thierry's Wine Bar
... 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 ...
Is anyone ever ready to leave
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
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 ...
Bordeaux- red wine capital of the world
... 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 ...
Week 8 (Bordeaux)
... different types of wine; the right bank generally produces merlot and the left bank if famous for its cabernet sauvignon. Bordeaux doesn't really produce different types of wine, most are blends of a majority of cabernet sauvignon, then a large ...


