Nantes, France

  Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France
Tuesday, June 17, 2008

 Europe 2008


Left Detroit on Saturday evening and flew Business Class to London Heathrow. Had an arrogant executive type who sat next to me and did not say a word to me the whole flight. He took a couple of pills after takeoff and put his bed back and was out for the flight. Nice meal of beef tenderloin and a great salad.  Overall a great flight.


Arrived in Heathrow at 7:00am and took a bus to Gatwick Airport for my next flight to Nantes, France. Had to wait five hours in Gatwick, but the plane was on time and I arrived in Nantes around 5:00 pm. Taxi to the hotel for a shower and nap, before heading out for dinner. Sat outside in a huge square and had a great meal of a large pork rib and a great sauce and fries. The French sure know how to cook!

Monday morning I woke up refreshed and headed out to see the sights. Nantes is a beautiful city with a great Old Town with mostly pedestrian zones. Great shops, restaurants and bars. I picked up a 24 tram pass and headed to the train station to check on my train arrangements for Tuesday to Bordeaux. I was aware from Rick Steves site that Tuesday was a national strike day in France. I checked with the agent and my train was still to run. Then took a water bus on the Loire River to a small fishing village. Neat place, found a cafe on the river, and had a beer at the bar that was a wooden boat, neat!!  Back to the room to rest and then dinner at a place next to hotel. Had a New York pizza, very good and then had a Guinness at a Cuban bar, watching Euro soccer. Off to bed and on to Bordeaux tomorrow. Four hours by train.

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