Blogs from Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France, Europe - page 5

A quiet Sunday, and thought I would just lay in, and take my time to do whatever I wanted. I decided to find a Pub, and a british pub where I could watch Liverpool v Manchester United. I found the Sherlock Holmes pub, lol...but a pint of beer, nice comfy atmposphere and the game on sky tv, I was set for the afternoon. sounds silly, but needed a quiet Sunday before heading to Paris. Liverpool lost 3-0 played terrible, but watching Rooney was good to see ;) then back to pack my bag and sort things out before tomorrow.. Looking forward to it for sure ;)... read more

It is amazing to me how fortunate I have been in my life. Living in Europe has been an extraordinary opportunity, for so many reasons, and the one I am most grateful for of late, is the chance to visit Plum Village. Swedes break the year down by weeks, something I am only slightly more used to this year than last. Week 8 and Week 44 stick in my head though, because they are the February and October vacations. School has been a bit stressful, as I know many jobs are, and so I spent a good deal of the fall dreaming up where I might spend Week 44. Over a year ago, a friend has mentioned Plum Village to me, and I had since been trying to find a time when I could go. Without ... read more

Listen very carefully, I will say this only once... Saturday, 5 July, 2012 - en route to Bordeaux. I will warn you right now that the next week was filled with unpleasantries regarding travel and accommodation, and if you are squeamish at all about whines and rants, perhaps now is the time to turn away on this blog… After our experience of getting to our first hotel on arrival in Paris, we decided to take the Metro to the station. Getting the suitcases on the train was a bit of a struggle but we thought all would be good in Bordeaux. Not to worry…I then looked at my car rental agreement which said (as I had told them) that I would be picking my car up at 5:15 PM, and the office closed at 6. I ... read more

This is our final day of the cruise and we have a very exciting day planned. We took the optional tour today to attend a cooking lesson with a Michelin 3 star chef of the Bordeaux Grand Hotel. Only 12 participants. We took the city tram to the hotel in the city center with Katell the cruise director. The Grand hotel is the finest in the city. We were taken to the kitchen of the Michelin restaurant. We were greeted by the head chef, sous chef and pastry chef. We were each given chef aprons to wear with the hotel name and logo! How fun. They explained what we would be cooking and dining during our 4 hour lesson. To start we each peeled and broke a large white asparagus in preparation for the soup we ... read more

Geo: 44.8374, -0.576144 GÜN 33 GÜNLERDEN PAZARTESİ: Güneşli bir güne uyandım . Ortam harika, mis gibi bir havada kahvaltımı yaptım. Ayşecik geç uyandı. Bugün Dune du Pilat 'ı ziyaret etmek istiyorum ama Ayşecik bu yolculuğu yapacak konumda değil Onu kampta bırakıp yola çıktım . Dune du Pilat,Avrupa'nın görülmeğe değer 10 yer listesinde yer alan tuhaf bir yer. Arcachon havzasının girişinde yer alan 110 m yüksekliğinde bir kum tepesinden söz ediyoruz .. Batıdan doğuya 500 m, kuzeyden güneye 2,7 km boyunda, 60 milyon metre küp kum.. Bizim inşaatçılar burada olsaydı şimdi bu tepe yoktu ama ..Bizim inşaatçıların yokluğu nedeni ile, turist kaynıyor.. Bu 110-117 metre yüksekliğinde kum tepesi ,her yıl biraz daha karaya sokuluyor ve civardaki evleri tehdit ediyormuş. Geldiğime ve gördüğüme çok memnunum... read more