Wandering Around Bordeaux

Today we are wondering around Bordeaux a bit more. We plan to hit the Musée des Beaux Arts after lunch which we will probably have again on the little balcony of our hotel room - perhaps there will be photographic evidence a little later on. The beautiful weather continues - it looks like it won't be ending until the day we leave - yippee!

Later that day ...

We spent part of the day doing the things that we said would do ... and also "riding the rails." Bordeaux has a wonderful new tram system and we have purchased two-day passes for it. Our goal is to ride every line - an interesting way to see parts of the city that we would otherwise not see.

Tonight we had dinner at le paradoX' on Rue des Faussets, which is a tiny street lined with restaurants. Everyone sits outside in weather like this and there is barely enough room for a single person to walk down the street! Steve had calamars basquaise avec son tagliatelle, émincé de volaille avec sa sauce à la moutarde and crème caramel (fait maison). Susan had une tranche de foie gras avec ses toasts, saumon avec sa sauce monbazillac and tarte au citron. This was all washed down by a pleasant bottle of Bordeaux Supérieure - a photo of which appears below.


Our standard concrete truck shot for Murray


Lunch on our balcony [1]


Lunch on our balcony [2]


View from our balcony (looking east)


Portrait de Madame Junot et de sa fille Josephine - D. Pellegrini


Vue d'une partie du port et des quais de Bordeaux (1806) - Pierre Lacour Père


Buste de la Pasta - Louis-Marie Charles-Henry Mercier Dupaty


Rue Ste. Catherine (Bordeaux)


A very nice Bordeaux (Château les Maines 2000) that we had with dinner tonight


Looking south at Rue des Faussets, a street crowded with restaurants (all with patios) where we had dinner tonight. This photo was taken the night before at 8:40pm.