The Wandering Idiot

Sun! I finally have sun again!  Absolutely fantastic!

Yesterday I was meant to do some sightseeing with my host in Bordeaux, Celine, but the rain just would not stop and it turned out to be more of a ‘wine and a good book’ kind of day!  We did visit the local Sunday market…which was amazing….the food was mind blowing…they definitely know how to eat in France!

It was a real pleasure spending the weekend with Celine and her daughter, Iris.  We had a few fun nights, and relaxing days, great meals, and good conversation…I hit the road today feeling rested and ready to rock n roll!

My welcome picture from Iris

My host, Celine, and her daughter

Bordeaux is a great city and one I will definitely need to revisit – it was a bit chilly now but you can tell that it is the type of place that would be absolutely buzzing in the summer.

The bicycle ride today was fantastic.  The track I rode from Bordeaux to Sauveterre de Guyenne is a dedicated bicycle path that was once a railway line.  They’ve tarmacked over it and now is a 55km smooth path with no traffic, running through forest and between the vineyards of Bordeaux.  Really nice, easy, fast, and beautiful riding.

The best part was I had sun!  Sun! Sun! Sun!  After 5 days of torrential rain – it was brilliant to just ride and not worry about getting wet…it was still quite cold out, but I can deal with cold…it’s the wet and makes the ride miserable.

Tonight I am couch surfing with a woman named Delphine, near a little village called St Exupery. She lives in a lovely old house on a farm where her family has lived for hundreds of years…and they make wine! Fantastic…however – she tells me that she doesn’t like wine – even though one of her jobs is at a wine buyers!

Dinner…is duck confit…home made by her mother…too good to be true

74km Bicycled Today

1367km to Date