Bordeaux Tours



















 I took a free walking tour to get some history of Bordeaux by an Irish guide who has perspective of French living for today (that was different from what a native French lady took the tour). I also saw one marker of the French pilgrim trail towards the Camino de Santiago. Even the gate has a statute pointing his hand to the destination: the shrine of the apostle Saint James the Great in the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia in northwestern Spain. 


After the tour, I checked the inside of the Oprea House, went back to the Bar a Vin Ecole du Vin Bordeaux to get a glass of 2€ 2020 Rose (subsidized by the government), and ran into the French tour taker by accident. We had a nice chat before going separate ways. 


I took local bus to a winery Château du Taillan (run by the 5th generation 5 sisters）to take an English tour at 4 pm and made a new friend, a Mexican exchange student taking 2-day trip from Paris. We toured the Château for 30 minutes, tasted 7 kinds wine，walked around the huge property, and ate some grapes from the vine, before heading back to town. Our DIY tour only cost 12€ + 3€ bus. What a nice day.

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