I wanted to make a video of beautiful bordeaux, but apparently it's only the new iphone that makes videos. Rats.
So I figured there's no reason to subject you to my own terrible photography when there's millions of brilliant photos of bordeaux with creative commons licenses.
The miroir d'eau:
Photographers seem, justly, obsessed with photographing the fountains in front of the Bordeaux Stock Exchange, which sits on the riverbank.
Here's another view:
and that's the fountain, not the river.
A shot taken in the central plaza (kind of like our cesar chavez park, but with less expensive sculpture)
They seem obsessed with water, right? have I mentioned that there's no air conditioning here?
A shot of the skate park, which is also on the riverbank:
What I love about this skate park is that there's a big kids section and a little kids section (where you sometimes see beginner 45-year old mixed in with the 6-year olds).
The best place to ride your bike in Bordeaux . . .
on the tram tracks. This looks like it could be the tram that runs by my house, although the tram tracks look like this pretty much everywhere.
I rarely go over to the rive droit (right bank), but the last time I did I walked by and totally noticed this restaurant
which almost certainly has the best terrace in all of Bordeaux.
It wouldn't be France without a ludicrously cute carousel, right?
This is Bordeaux par excellence:
Have I mentioned the crazy afternoon thunderstorms? It reminds me of summer in Arizona - all of a sudden, so much rain you can wash your hair in the roof runoff (well, depends on your roof), and then just as suddenly, sunshine again.
Oddly, this is a common sight in Bordeaux:
Must be the time of year.
My absolute favorite square:
An independent bookstore, an amazing bakery, loads of cafés, and an english pub. Perfect.
What? You can't wait to visit me?
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