Blogs from Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France, Europe - page 12

Hello, We arrived in Bordeaux and figured out how to navigate ourselves to another part of town, Gambetta Square. We booked a nice room from Camere at the La Chic de Lyon. We strolled a couple blocks into Gambetta Square to find a full-scale Tour de France bicycle qualifier going on! The race comprised about 60 2-3km laps (not real sure on this distance but the groups were flying around every few minutes) around the Gambetta Square area. I love biclying these days so you know I was pumped. We even drank wine at a cafe with seats right in front of the barricades with a perfect view as they flew around. It was just awesome to get such a surprise in Bordeaux right away. A guy named Brice blahblahfrenchie won. For those that watched the ... read more

Hei hallan, då var tida gått fort og lite skrive her. For å kome fram til dagen i dag må ei lita oppsummering til. Det vil skje kort og konsist, utan for mange friske detaljar. Etter Voi tok Aleksander og eg turen til Mombasa, hang der i to dagar, åt enorme mengder indisk mat, for så å ta oss til Zanzibar. Der skjedde det ingenting uventa. Vi bada, lo, vart solbrende, åt dyr mat og hadde det fint. Slaraffen er ok i nokre dagar. Reiseruta heimover var enorm. Ikkje til å tru at vi hadde valt reiseruta sjølv. Avreise frå hotellet på Zanzibar klokka 1500. Flyet framme i Dar 1730. Avreise Dar 05.30 dagen etter. Ei natt på flyplassen i Dar er ikkje mykje å samle på. Etter mykje venting i flyet i Dar landa vi ... read more

My eyes scan the big red pin board marked ‘Le Activities’ “Oh my God! Chris! Cancel the pedal boating, the tennis and the mini golf! It’s nearly 8:30. The barrel rolling demonstration is about to begin!” How exactly did we get here? Surrounded by children, ice creams and camp staff in red uniforms? Are we in… a French version of Hi-De-Hi… or… worse…. Centre Parcs?! After our drive out of the Dordogne Valley, we headed for Bordeaux hoping for some sophisticated wine tasting and a few romantic bike rides through the vines. We wanted to stay near St Emilion and of course we hadn’t pre booked any campgrounds as we haven’t had any problems so far. I can’t believe we didn’t consider that the land around St Emilion is dedicated to vine yards. Who would build ... read more

I made it on my plane just fine, everything hit me while in Detroit, when I was connecting with my plane to Paris. Thankfully I slept the entire time!! It was an eight hour flight and I landed in Paris at 11am. So I wanted to make sure I got some good sleep. The plane wasn't that full (the one to Tokyo was PACKED so i didn't know what to expect!). No one sat next to me, so most of the time, I layed across the two seats with my pillow and slept. Neck a little sore, but ehh can't complain. I make it Paris and realized that even tho this is Europe, no one speaks English. At least I didn't find those people. And I'm really glad that I did my homework before coming ... read more

So I have been on vacation for more than a week now. Started out in Paris visiting some friends. It was great! Didnt do all the touisty stuff like usual but still had fun. I think this is the first vacation in Europe where I didnt mind just relaxing and occcationally finding things to do. Sunday I left Lyon and got in and went to dinner with an old friend from my foyer in Paris. We ate at a salon de tea and had amazing cakes that were free because we also knew the manager (she was from my foyer too!). Monday we decided to go shopping but it was so crowded and then had dinner at a friends. And when I say we, my friend Cara from my program in Paris was nice enough to ... read more