Phil's Bordeaux blog

Lost in France blog

2009-02-17T10:37:02Z

If you are thinking of visiting the Charente Maritime area (about an hour from Bordeaux) I would like to recommend a new blog in English about that area and its attractions. Link http://lostinfrance2.blog.co.uk/.

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Graffiti in Bordeaux

2009-02-09T15:01:43Z

As a writer and photographer I find the notion of creative expression in myself and others very appealling, even in quality graffiti. I don't know the names of the artists alas but here are a few of the images I have seen created around the city ...

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More interesting signs from the city of Bordeaux

2009-02-09T14:53:42Z

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French signs I love 'em

2009-02-09T14:39:25Z

I love these French signs and would recommend if you want to get some great pictures of the city to look above the shops and down back alleys. be brave and your photography will really pay dividends. This one was taken on the quayside up near ...

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One of my fave cafes in Bordeaux

2009-02-09T14:29:13Z

This French cafe bar is situated on the main shopping street (rue Ste- Catherine) in Bordeaux. I've been there so often on my holidays that I feel like it is a little home from home. It is at the end of a little covered shopping arcade on the lef...

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Pardon my French

2009-02-09T14:21:58Z

This is another book I bought from Mollat’s bookshop in Bordeaux but is also generally available here in the UK. As a Francophile with what I thought was a poor command of French and little real understanding of the French culture, I was thri...

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Handy guide to Bordeaux

2009-02-09T14:19:37Z

Let yourself be guided around Bordeaux. I picked up this little handy guide from the Monoprix supermarket in Bordeaux on my last visit and found it to be very helpful in finding my way around the city and learn a bit more about the city and its...

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Bad storms batter Bordeaux, South West france and Spain

2009-01-24T13:35:59Z

The national power grid manager, ERDF, said today that nearly 1.2 million homes were cut off and that access to certain parts of their grid are affected by the storms and are especially hard to reach because of the fallen trees. The French railwa...

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Two Bordeaux hotel recommendations.

2009-01-19T16:07:56Z

I would like to share two personal hotel recommendations in Bordeaux with any travellers planning a visit. They are both small hotels that I have had the pleasure of staying in on my three trips to Bordeaux for my holidays. First is the Hotel N...

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Expensive meal experience (extract from my journal)

2009-01-14T17:32:17Z

When I got back from the trip out I was mighty hungry and walked into town along one of the posh streets and ended up at the Grand Café for something to eat. What you might call, an expensive mistake repaired somewhat, by some fun observations. T...

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