Since being situated so close to the Atlantic coast, Bordeaux is a quite rainy place for large parts of the year, and it has actually been raining every day here - though luckily not all the day (apart from today). The weather changes quickly, so I have gotten a bit of sun as well.
The city offers a genial rental bike system, for €7 I've had access to a bike every day for a week. Very handy, since Dominik is living on the other side of the river from the central city. Though not very far away, but biking is always nice and a convenient way to get around.
I have stubbornly refused all wine offered and instead stuck to French beer (Desperados, my favorite as some of you know...) But I have eaten tons of French cheese, moules frites, oysters and other French specialties, so I should be forgiven. I also got the urge (again) to cut off my hair, the super-feminine French woman hairdresser asked me probably three times if I was really sure about this - of course she couldn't know that this is what happens every fourth year or so...
Bordeaux is Frencher than France, I would say, and it resembles Paris in many ways. Though smaller it is still big enough for a foreigner to get lost in! Everything is sober and sand coloured, even the river La Garonne. Small triumph arches everywhere, statues, fountains and pompous official buildings. I have truly liked it here, and now that I have gotten used to it it's time to leave. Through recommendation I found a website where you can sign up for riding with people who are driving cars between different European cities, and I managed to find a French girl my age who is passing Bordeaux tomorrow on her way to Spain. So I will ride with her to San Sebastián, which is my next stop. Once I arrive there I will give you more news.
All my love to everyone!
