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| St Andre Basilica |
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| St Andre interior |
Steps – 11,923
Humidity – 30%
I can’t say enough about how fantastic our docking
position is in Bordeaux. From our room we can see the city and after a 5-minute
walk, we are in the heart of the old town.
Today, is the first time, when organized cruise
excursions are offered that I think we have ever found our own tour. We have
occasionally not done a ship tour and wandered on our own, but this is probably
the first time we’ve found our own.
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| St Andre bell tower |
Being that we are usually on Regent where the excursions are included in the cruise fare, we would join one of those, but since Windstar doesn’t include excursions and because we’ve been here before, we found a ‘free walking tour’.
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| city gate |
We’ve done many, many free walking tours when
we are in a city on our own. Basically, it’s a regular walking tour that you
pay for in the end. Most are pay what you want, with a few people not paying at
all, but this one is a bit more upfront about the expectation of payment at the
end, and suggest the average is 12-15 Euros per person – fine by us. These
tours almost always have a big crowd, so we are wandering the tight streets
with a group of 30, but Emma the guide, managed to stop in larger areas when she
talked to us.
After the tour we found Totto for lunch. This place has awnings and chairs spilling
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| Place de la Bourse & Miroir d'eau |
into a small square. We had pizza, croquettes, and wine – very good. Oh, and there was smoking – I know I have to accept that part of the European culture is outdoor (and maybe indoor, we just haven’t sat anywhere inside) smoking, but I don’t think I’ll every get used to it.
Then came the highlight of the day…tea towels! We finally found them – I bought 9, for about 5CAD each. The ones we
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| Place des Quinconces |
bought about 10 years ago, we use every single day and are getting a bit threadbare, so I’m thrilled to have new ones – we’ll have to come back again in 10 years for the next set.
Just like last time (but this time we were at a
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| linens shop in background |
different linens store location) Chris found a spot across the street to wait with a refreshment – a Sangria Blanche. He had one waiting for me when my shopping was done.
Back at the boat, I pulled up to our Juliett balcony to blog and Chris headed to the hot tub where he met a couple from Calgary.
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| should last me a while |
Eventually, I tried to take a nap, but because it was embarkation day for many people, there was a long
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| you can really see him this time |
security announcement which was hard to ignore.
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| au revoir Bordeaux |
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