Bordeaux

This past weekend was the final trip that I'll be taking with my IES friends Ryan and Alexis. We all went down to Bordeaux for the weekend and had quite an adventure, despite the fact that if rained basically the whole time...

To start with the trip was already going to take awhile because the train wasn't a TGV, but on top of that we waited, without moving for 2 hours at the Nantes train station. It was one of those terrible situations where they just kept telling us 20 more minutes, and then 30 more minutes. We did finally make it even if we got in at 9pm instead of 6pm.

Saturday was really a day of wonders. In the morning our couch surfing host took us flying. That's right. He owns one of these guys, a super light aircraft that can take two people up at a time. So each of us got a little birds-eye view tour of the Bordeaux country side.


If that wasn't enough of an "oh my God what is my life" moments we then proceeded to go on a wine tasting tour of the Médoc area just north of Bordeau. It is true that I wasn't able to stay fully awake for the VERY in-depth history of the area and the ranking systems for the wines but I was feeling pretty alert by the time we got to the chateaux. What can I say? Sometimes a girl just needs a little siesta after her morning flying adventure.

Sunday was much more chill day of checking out an open air market (in the rain), walking along the river bank (in the rain), and just plain wondering around Bordeaux (in the rain). We did also go to a contemporary art museum. I'm happy to report that no matter what country I can still appreciate modern art in small, small doses.