Day 5 - Planned to go to St Emilion today -heaced for station and found that we could not catch train until after 1pm - bought tickets and went exploring a different area of Bordeaux (sT Croix) beautiful church - but could not get in for a look, so looked in some old salerooms and had a drink before stiing off ofr St emilion some 40 mins away on...

Day 4 - Exploring Bordeaux - Took tram out to Palmer park, which the tram map said was worth visiting, it was OK - but a park is a park at the end of the day so it only OK. owever it allowed us to get used to surroundings and gave us a decent ride around the city on the excellent tram (you getting the impression I liked the tram?). Arrived back ...

Tue June 3rd HAd breakfast and checked out from hotel, Walked the relatively short distance to Gare Montparnasse (useful having a case on wheels). Found the departure hall and when the train was called made our way to it (When on French railways you have to validate the ticket first in one of many yellow machines) Boarded the first class carriag...