France 2025 - Day 5 / Bordeaux

Steps today: 11 769 / 7.75 km

You can tell by my step count today that it was a washout! Heavy, soaking, sideways rain. 

Like yesterday, no point starting early, so we started the day around 9AM with breakfast in one of the restos by the hotel

Tucked under the umbrellas, we walked along this cute street with the colourful bollards lining the street.

And then sought shelter for an hour or so in a café

Not only did the rain pick up after this, but the wind was crazy! many many many inside-out umbrella moments.  Forget getting the camera out to take pictures.

I thought maybe an hour or two at the Fine Arts Museum might be a good activity...  but it was just 3 rooms and took only 30 minutes.

The details in this sculpture really impressed me! (despite the missing fingers) They are sheets of music.

Time for lunch! I love Neapolitan style pizza, so this was perfect! But it really kicked my ass... OINK

The rain was getting increasingly strong and being outside stopped being fun. We went to another café and tried to drag it out as long as we could, but by about 2:30PM it was just miserable so we went back to the room to dry off.

Thank God for all the restaurants right outside the hotel door!  After drying out in the room for a while, we didn't even need umbrellas to duck out and eat.  We had starters at one place, then switched next door for another course.  

Again, that odd lighting in one of the restaurants - still no idea why.

It was an early night, we were DONE with rainy sight seeing for the day (week, month, year...  life!)