The flight from Milan to Bordeaux was brief, only an hour or so. We hitched a ride as soon as we arrived on the easybus. Making the initl transition from Italian to French was difficult at times we caught ourselves saying grazie as opposed to Merci, which made us look a little stupid. Our first impression of Bordeaux was one of beauty. It's a lovely city, very clean and well presented, we never really saw any horrible old architecture or suburban type living areas, it was all genuine to the original architecture. Maybe we were just in the right areas. The night before we had panicked and book an Ibis, it was a one off luxury and the only expensive place we have stayed at this entire trip. I loved it, a touch of home comforts
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