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| good morning Bordeaux |
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| random street art...I love this! |
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| trying to cool off |
32 degrees (at least), about 250 degrees on the top deck of the boat, very clear…HOT, not too humid, but
H…O…T, trés chaud as they say around these parts
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| random beautiful street |
Today is another day on our own…glorious.
It’s good to have a balance between guided education and wandering, blissfully ignorant
of what I may be experiencing and looking at. We’ve had a good amount of time
with guides, so a couple of days alone is welcome. Tomorrow things will change
again.
Early morning laundry (good thing since all of our clothes
will soon be drenched with sweat) was followed by breakfast of espresso and a peanut
butter roll. Our plan was to do a bit of shopping, lunch and back to the boat.
We are setting sail at 2:30 this afternoon, so we have to keep our eyes on the
time. It’s a good thing that I did the shopping that I did yesterday as we
learned last night that today is a holiday, so many of the shops will be
closed. We also found that many of the bars and restaurants are closed also, so
lunch ends up being back on the boat. A glass of wine is doable though – whew,
close call!
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| I wish I could get in |
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| our ship is very close to town |
I buy a few things at the tourist info centre…I
have no problem with tourist-ville…that’s what I am after all, and I feel it’s
less likely that I’m getting screwed. I am again proud of myself being able to
order wine and pay and buy a few things all en Français!
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| Bordeaux, very near where we were dovked |
It is very hot even before noon, so I take every
opportunity to cool off in any fountain I come across. I wanted to get into one,
but it was just a bit too deep, kids were in up to their waists, so it was just
a foot dip for me – even that was glorious!
After lunch back on board, we headed to the
pool for some music played by our favourite ship band and sail-away. Holy cow
it’s hot! Of course I’m in the shade and am still on fire, doesn’t matter how
many beers, water or champagne I drink it’s hot.
There’s
a bridge that we go under on the way out that can be raised and lowered, today
it is raised for us to get under…very cool.
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| another bridge to go under |
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| part of bridge raised to let us pass |
1 comment:
It all looks great, those linens looked amazing! It's hot here too which is nice...summer :-) Thanks for sharing I'm enjoying following along.
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