Campanile - Bordeaux Le Lac

... t et Chandon while we celebrated with the newlyweds. Finally about 6:30 things came to an end. Hervé and Helen left for their honeymoon and most of the rest of us were invited to the Bernals’ home for a lasagna dinner. After dinner, Daniel and Cindy Harper showed slides of their recent trip to Thailand which they had very much enjoyed. It was another very pleasant occasion, and a fine end to a wonderful day.

I had needed to get out...

I was starting to get a little antsy with things in Paris...Needless to say, one of my classes are really starting to get on my nerves, and it's not just because of the kids...

Aaaaaaaaaaaaanyways...I went on a whim and bought a ticket to Bordeaux to visit a friend out here.

Get out, get out right now!!!

Bordeaux is really nice (change of scenery). I ...

This morning I worked in the hotel room, and then drove to the Audoins' home again where I had been invited for lunch along with Hervé Dubois and Helen Hayes who will be married tomorrow. Helen doesn’t speak French, and the Audoins don’t speak English, so Hervé and I did a lot of translating during the meal, which was very enjoyable once again.

After lunch Hervé and Helen and I went through the details of the wedding arrangements and agreed to have a brief ...

This morning I was up and out of the hotel just after sunup for the drive to Charles de Gaulle airport. I arrived with plenty of time, and filled the tank with diesel before turning the car in. The flight to Bordeaux left at 1:10 and arrived on time about 2:30. On our take-off route over Paris, we again had a pretty clear view of the city. The Eiffel Tower is the easiest landmark to ...

Well, this will be my last entry. I was hoping to have updated more than i did, but i also thought i'd have far more internet than i did! Oh well, i think you've all got a picture of what it was like over here and i'm sad and ready to come back. here's a few more pics to leave you with and i'll be sure to let everyone see all 1,000 pictures we took! See you all soon!

Au revoir!!

... we visited two wineries. We were given tours and information on their wines and winemaking, and tasted some of their wines. We also got to visit Chateau Margaux - ok, the bus stopped out the front just for a look, but it was great to get a glimps.

... rakija is flammable also!!

Funny moment.... Ant ordered 'steak tartare' expecting to get the same steak as the lady next to us. It came out in almost like a raw 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"!!

... delicious pizza from this wonderful restaurant. We both found something incredible - Mark's was a combination of bolognaise sauce with bacon and eggs and mine was delicious fresh seafood with crème fraiche and garlic and cheese. They were amazing. We were so so full afterwards, though. It was the night of the France-Australia footy friendly, so we headed to a sports pub and ordered Ricard - the national French drink - in the hope of blending in if Australia ...

... reading and studying together, then heard the Church's radio broadcast. It came on at 4:00 am, so Mr. Audoin bought his first tape recorder (the old kind with spools of tape), so that they could listen to again it when they were more alert! The Audoins mentioned that when they were finally baptized in a municipal swimming pool that had been reserved for the private service, by coincidence, they followed a group of nudists who had ...

Ok, so I made it to Bordeaux, the stay will be short as tomorrow is a long train trip to Madrid. 9 hours on trains.. yippee, maybe i will finish my book so i don't have to carry it any more. Bordeaux the city is ok. I am staying in a hostel which is ok, not in the best spot, kinda near the red light district of Bordeaux, yes it has one!!! So I am definitely not going out by myself at night. Anyway, I had better go and see some stuff, there are huge markets on ...