We got into Bordeaux at about noon. Once in town, we got lunch. Baguette sanwiches! They were delicious. The bread basically melted in your mouth. We did some window shopping and went on a quest to find a hotel. The one we ended up finding was pretty close to the city center, and 24 euros a night! Score. The room wasn't too pretty, but the bed was SO COMFORTABLE. Actually, the most comfortable I have slept in since I've been home. We then went back out and walked around more. It was pretty easy to get our bearings. We found a chocolate store, which was AMAZING. I ended up spending about 25 euros on chocolate and macaroons for the weekend. We went to the store everyday and bought more...
Found a cute little place on a restaurant filled street and went with the tourist menu, which was nice since we have never had French food before and were on a budget. I got a goat cheese salad with honey, then salmon, which came with rice and a quiche, then got an apple tart for desert. We ordered a Bordeaux red wine, and they served us a glass of rose which was sweet and REALLY good. My dad would have loved it, since he likes the "wussy" wines. We thought about going out after dinner, but were just way too tired. But on the way back we saw a movie theatre and ended up buying tickets to see Star Wars episode 1 in 3D! In french. We were a little confused about the 3D glasses because we didn't see any. When we got into the theatre everyone had them, but we still couldn't find them! Leah asked someone and he ended up giving her attitude and wasn't very helpful, so we just watched the movie without them, which was fine.
The next day we woke up a little later than planned, and headed out to find coffee. Mind you, in Italy, you can see about 5 bars from anywhere you are standing. France was a little different. It took us forever to find somewhere to get coffee! We must have been in the wrong area or something. So we got coffee, then we found somewhere to get crepes. I got an almond, honey, and lemon juice crepe. It was perfect. We did some more window shopping, but it was SO COLD. This is how I fixed my scarf to cover my ears. Looking like a freak:
I did not come to Rome prepared for cold weather; so I was of course freezing in Bordeaux. We found a contemporary art museum housed in an old warehouse and spent about 3 hours in there. Here's the view from the mezzanine.
Then we went back and napped before dinner. For dinner I ended up eating pretty much the same meal as the night before. Goat cheese salad, salmon (the second course always offers limited choices for someone who doesn't eat meat) and for desert CHEESE. I wanted an assortment of cheese all weekend, so I was very excited when I saw this on the menu. After dinner we thought about going out, but it was SO COLD so we didn't.
The next morning was even worse temperature wise. We walked by the St. Andre cathedral,but mass was happening (we're not very good at thinking about these things) on our quest round two to find coffee. Not as hard this morning.
Right after coffee we ended up getting lunch, which was HUGE omlette and salad. Hopped on a bus and went home!
Bordeaux was beautiful, but I wish it was warmer! We would have done so much more. I also wish we did a little more research and had planned to go to a wine tasting. I also wish I spoke a little french. It ended up being harder than I thought to find people who spoke english. It made me really realize how much italian I know and appreciate the fact that I can more or less understand people here!
Gotta do some homework before class! Ciao
Wussy wines, eh? :) Enjoying your journal/blog! X O Love you lots!
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