Saturday 28th

Ouh! Sore heads all round and a slow, early start as Brianna and I had decided a few days previously that we wanted to go to Bordeaux today. Paul managed to drag us out to the station only to find the trains not running in the Angouleme/Bordeaux direction and our options were to give up and go back to bed, (which was quite an attractive option at that moment), or get a lift from Paul to Choutres. We went for the painful option (thanks to Paul’s generous lift offer) and had a chance to snoop round the market when we got there and have a coffee while we waited in the rain for our train. 21 euros later and I had my tickets and we were speeding towards our day trip adventure in the big city.

Needless to say it rained and rained and rained all day long but Brianna and I pretended it wasn’t raining and just toured our little hearts out. The city of Bordeaux is such a stunningly beautiful place with sandstone buildings everywhere in the most ornate designs and overwhelming sizes. Street after street of cute boutique shops, galleries and old churches. The highlight for me was the Notre Dame Cathedral, not the same scale as the Parisian one but just as beautiful; I also loved the many squares and the town hall, all stunningly beautiful. I will have to return when its not raining so I can actually get some pictures! I tried but my camera got so wet I had to give up.

After a delicious lunch near the town hall, we separated and both tried to shop till we dropped but when we met back on the train at 5.30 we realised we were both empty handed and wet but happy to have made it into the city but also happy to be going back home to La Giraudiere.