Friday, April 12th, 2019

Today’s first project was to pack up and change apartments. LM had met me in San Sebastián on the tail end of a long trip to Spain, came up to Bordeaux and then took off to Venice today. Not without a certain drama, as her cellphone was lifted from her pocket last night and the case had some credit cards in it, so she had to scramble to get things cancelled. Luckily she got it done, and we got her to a cell phone store where she picked up a new SIM and a new iphone on the way to the airport, and she was back in business. The apartment we had through AirBnb was funky but cool 2 bedroom, I’ve now moved to another AirBnb place closer to the center, studio of the plain executive apartment type, but brand new and clean. After getting the move done, I headed out to use some of the remaining museum admissions on my Bordeaux pass, good for 72 hrs. So got up the St. Michel tower, a big arrow of a tower with many steps and great views. Then went to the Musee D’Aquitaine and then to the Musee de Beaux Artes. So that was three admissions just today! Some disruption to Tram service as apparently demonstrations going on. We’ll see what tomorrow brings on the Gilet Jaune front. I’m scheduled on a morning train to St. Emilion where I’ll do a half day electric bicycle tour of various wineries.