Wednesday, April 10th, 2019

Just a brief update as I’m quite tired from running around all day. Found a good coffee shop, Sip, to start the day with. Then booked a half day electric bike tour for St. Emilion on Saturday. After that, the reservation on my current lodgings runs out on Friday, so found another place so that I can stay in Bordeaux until Tuesday. Then off to the train station to get a ticket to St. Emilion on Saturday to do the tour. A stop in Bordeaux’s Marche des Capucins, the local covered market. A lovely lunch of rotisserie chicken at La Rotisserie de St. Michel. After that it was off to the museum of Wine and Negociants, underwhelming but in the Chartron district where all the wine was handled. Then a boat ride back to the Apartment (part of the transit system is shuttle boats on the river). After that out to find some wine bars and a little charcuterie for dinner. Nice and warm all day, but very chilly once the sun goes down.

This is a wine merchant or Negociants house. Downstairs the big opening were for the wine, and then the balcony and first floor quarters were the living quarters. Chartron district in Bordeaux.

Place de la Bourse, with mirror pool