Wednesday, September 21
Today we said goodbye to Bordeaux after a walk around a new part of town, followed by another delicious lunch. We got a taxi to the station and boarded the bus bound for Nantes, about 4 hours north of Bordeaux. The driver didn't speak English, but a young girl Miriam helped us by translating any announcements that were made. We had a brief stop in Niort but didn't venture far from the bus!
Our arrival in Nantes was delayed by an amazing traffic jam, which Miriam told us was due to a big soccer (football) match being played in town tonight. The bus stop was on the outskirts of town and quite a way from where we were booked to stay in the centre of town. There were no taxis around and with the traffic chaos we didn't like our chances of getting a cab, but Miriam rescued us. It turned out she was catching a nearby tram to close to where we were staying, so we tagged along with her on the tram. When we all got off the tram in town we hugged as we said "au revoir", and we managed to get a cab to take us the short distance to our hotel.
After settling in we went for a short walk around the nearby streets - we liked what we saw and are looking forward to exploring more of it over the next few days. The Place Royale looked great, and there was a sign showing what it looked like after WW2 - they have done a great job restoring it to how it was before the war! The Opera Graslin and Place Graslin also looked fabulous at night.
We finished the night with a drink and snack at a nearby pub, after an adventurous day of travel.
Today we said goodbye to Bordeaux after a walk around a new part of town, followed by another delicious lunch. We got a taxi to the station and boarded the bus bound for Nantes, about 4 hours north of Bordeaux. The driver didn't speak English, but a young girl Miriam helped us by translating any announcements that were made. We had a brief stop in Niort but didn't venture far from the bus!
Our arrival in Nantes was delayed by an amazing traffic jam, which Miriam told us was due to a big soccer (football) match being played in town tonight. The bus stop was on the outskirts of town and quite a way from where we were booked to stay in the centre of town. There were no taxis around and with the traffic chaos we didn't like our chances of getting a cab, but Miriam rescued us. It turned out she was catching a nearby tram to close to where we were staying, so we tagged along with her on the tram. When we all got off the tram in town we hugged as we said "au revoir", and we managed to get a cab to take us the short distance to our hotel.
After settling in we went for a short walk around the nearby streets - we liked what we saw and are looking forward to exploring more of it over the next few days. The Place Royale looked great, and there was a sign showing what it looked like after WW2 - they have done a great job restoring it to how it was before the war! The Opera Graslin and Place Graslin also looked fabulous at night.
We finished the night with a drink and snack at a nearby pub, after an adventurous day of travel.
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