Hello Reader.
We would be going to meet Ang, and about forty other couchsurfers that were gathering from all over Europe, to help celebrate her birthday in Bordeaux, a city in the southeasternmost (an actual word) corner of France. I had met Ang in Toulouse, France five months prior and had kept in touch ever since. See
From Montpellier to Toulouse. Even though Mike had not met her before, all the great things I told him about her, along with the few emails they had exchanged and the fact they were both from New Zealand, led him to be just as excited to see her as I was.
Overall my five days in Bordeaux (Saturday to Wednesday) were great. I just wish I could say that my first day in Bordeaux was all smiles and no worries. Unfortunately, though it ended well, it was a really rough one. Ups and downs the whole day.
It started off simple enough. Mike and I arrived to Bordeaux by train. I had fallen asleep, as I do, for the last half-hour or so. I woke up, rushed off with Mike, and realized that the lucky bloke that occupied my seat after me would find
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