Day 81 Bordeaux

Sunday February 24th.

Up this morning I work on blogs a little and read some. We decide to stay another night which is nice so we do not have to pack our bags, we have been moving at a pretty fast pace and would like a full day here.

Pam makes the arrangements for the room.

We are heading out to look at sights, hopefully to find a wine tour and things open even though it is Sunday.

I think tomorrow morning we will try to leave early - not sure if we are heading to Paris or to Mont St Michelle. I cannot believe that this Saturday we head back to the States.

We ended up hitting the Modern Art Museum – the building was fabulous – what great space for a museum. As far as the exhibits– well Aria is the only one that really seemed to enjoy it.

After the Museum, we walked around the city, had lunch at the L'Entrecote – a famous local food place. Very nice – no decisions to be made other than drinks and how you want the meat prepared. They serve a salad, thin delicious steaks – get them medium-rare and all you can eat frittes. They also had a nice desert menu – both Pam and I got a Colonel.

After lunch we are torn between driving to one of the neighboring medieval towns and I decide I would like a day off from driving. Not too popular with Pam but I need the break. We hit a wine shop – taste some real Champagne, buy a few bottles. Allysha rides another carousel and we take a ride on the small tourist train.

It he wine shop I saw a bottle of wine from 1861 – 2 million euro – yikes.

We did not go into many places today but we did get a sense of the city and it is beautiful.

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