4-7-2016: Day 11, To Bordeaux

Bordeaux Rocks!

Bordeaux looks nice and green from the plane and we had a nice flight.  The bag people work magic and we are out of the airport just as fast as we can walk.  "Take us to our hotel - we would like some Bordeaux wine!"  Oops - it is rush hour traffic and it is just like everywhere else at rush hour where we sit a lot and drive s-l-o-w-l-y.  Our hotel is on a narrow street in the old part of Bordeaux and the folks that greet us know our names, need no paper work and show us to our rooms.  The hotel is the former residence of a wealthy man and we share it with only 10 other rooms.  What is the best words you can hear when you enter a hotel?  "We are able (or need) to upgrade your rooms".  Score!  

The rooms are great with a shower the size of a small room.  Clyde and Krim draw the  "Crazy Room" and it has it quirks.  The rain shower head is 12 feet high and comes from a glass chandelier. The lights on one wall are a series of 12 red bubble lights - rather like boobs to be honest.  

Jim and Tina scored a big 'o room with a big shower and king bed and it is all good.  

"Let's go for a walk and eat".  

The hotel makes reservations and we are seated at a bistro filled with locals and the wine is flowing.  Wine in France is a delight.  For $20 we find wonderful whites, and Rose and Reds and we cannot believe the quality.  Food?  Well, we are all eating Bread like it is heaven sent and we all believe it is!  We expected butter and fried food and grease but we were so wrong!  The food is healthy, and so flavorful with perfect sized servings.  Serving size is the secret and walking is the ticket to no weight gain.  "The Girls" and Jim get white fish from all over the ocean and a duck for me.  Jim orders the winning plate of the night and he invites us all to scoop the broth and see what we could have had.  

Wow!  Plenty of wine and we have a ways to walk to our hotel.  But we find the hotel!  The City is beautiful and we take to it right away.  The Opera House and monuments and churches need to be seen and shopping is high on the agenda.  The folks here have style - they just look great with scarfs and plenty of flair.  

Oh dear, this could be expensive.