Quality Suites Bordeaux

... venue was changed to France. This was a disappointment to Helen’s friends in Michigan, but an unexpected joy for Hervé’s friends in France. There is a saying in French that translates roughly as "the unhappiness of some makes for the happiness of others." So the congregation in Michigan held services in such a way that they wedding could be heard during the announcement period of services over their ...

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 ...

... on the quality of the fruits and vegetables. Things must be just ripe and at their best, not picked a week early for shipment somewhere. As a result the salads and raw vegetables served with vinaigrettes of various kinds are wonderful. I made a meal of the salad bar and was quite content.

After dinner I worked on preparing the sermon I will give tomorrow. And I decided to make an early night of it. As I was working I received a text message from my good friend ...

... out, and from there one can locate the Arc de Triomphe, Sacré Cœur up on the hill and other landmarks.

In Bordeaux, I picked up another rental car and drove to the hotel where we will have services on the Sabbath and where the wedding will be celebrated as well. I picked up a bottle of wine (such wonderful choices here!) and drove to the home of Mr. Mrs. Audoin for ...

We spent our first day in Bordeaux relaxing and wandering around the city. Ate a few baguettes.

The next day we caught a train to St Emilion to check out the beautiful little village.

On our last day we did a wine tour of Medoc ...

... medieval town of Bordeaux as a launching point, I planned on exploring the vineyards (or chateaux, as they're known here) of at least two appellations of the surrounding famous wine country (according to my tour guide, Bordeaux as a whole is home to over 10,000 wine-producing chateaux spread over nearly 300,000 acres of land) and enjoying the other better known attraction of France: its food.

This entry will attempt to ...

... themselves about a particular rule, or how to explain something to us and vice versa. There are many differences of opinion naturally. The British folks explain or translate things in ways sometimes that I wouldn't for example, since our English is different from time to time.  I have made a few language partners at the Center as well so I meet on a regular basis with a few of the French folks for coffee and we practice outside of Wednesdays at the center. My goal was to ...

... Faire la demande de visas, pas plus d'un mois avant l'entrée sur le territoire chinois. ça vaut le coup de passer par action-visas pour éviter les emmerdements, ils s'occupent de tout, je s'occupe de rien!!!! (Juste de faire un chèque...). Voilà, ça, c'est pour avant, maintenant, avant de partir pour de vrai, il nous faut: - Des slips ...

... was a small family run operation and the other was a gigantic 48 acre estate where they hard fancier equipment to mass produce it). It was really interesting and I actually learned a ton about wine. Bordeaux is actually quite small and outside of wine and their one famous park there wasn't much to see. Glad I only opted to stay 2 days.

... 15 environ. On essaie de se trouver quelque chose sur le chemin pour quitter la ville demain, mais soit pour une question de prix, soit par l'absence d'hôtels tout court, on ne trouve rien. On marche super longtemps avec tout notre stock sur le dos (NDA : l'analyse avant embarquement à l'aéroport donnera cette estimation, pour ma part : 39 kilos, soit environ 90 livres, plus le sac que Sarah ne peut porter, 7-8 livres de plus). À 22 heures 40 ...