Saturday, November 22, 2014

Tomorrow we leave Bordeaux - wish we had more time here. With 360,000 population, it has a big city feel without being big city. The inner city is designed for commuting by train and bike or by foot. Bordeaux has been pedestrianised and I can see the same theme for Melbourne in years to come. Cars are inefficient for inner city movement these days.

Scenes of Bordeaux








We booked a great apartment in the Quartier de l'Hotel de Ville with a tram stop nearby, restaurants, cafes, shopping and museums all within walking distance.
We've had the opportunity to visit a couple of those museums - The Musee d'Aquitaine (from pre-history to modern day) and Musee des Arts Decoratifs (furniture, glass, ceramics, etc).

The Musee des Arts Decoratifs





Musee d'Aquitaine











The tram took us to several of the other Quartiers of Bordeaux but our time here was not enough to truly absorb the true features of the city. You could fill a week without leaving the city and then there's the vineyards in the region. Maybe we will return one day and if we do, it will be longer than a two night stay.

Sorry of no photo captions - its all been a bit of a blur.



6 comments:

  1. Sounds like you had a great trip. Safe journey back to the Loire. Diane and Nigel

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    1. Thanks D and N - leaving Bordeaux soon and expect it to be a long one day trip.

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  2. I love museums of the decorative arts because normal galleries tend to concentrate on painings and sculpture. Bordeaux, bless its heart, looks as if it has excellent displays of silver, porcelain, furniture etc,

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    1. Hels - so hard to add all the interesting photos of the exhibits but Sue enjoyed it very much. We both loved the Musee Aquitaine though. One of the best we've been to along with Musee d'Orsay in Paris.

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  3. I was only in Bordeaux for few hours. It is an exciting city. Thank you for taking us along for the ride!

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  4. Nadege - we could have stayed a week to take in more of the city's delights.

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