Un Petit Peu de la France: Bordeaux at night

Saturday we spend shopping for the little stuff that we need, as I said in the last post. Saturday night we went out to a bar that was recommended as a great place for only a little money. The deal was that we could get a whole bowl of one sort of drink that would last us a while for about as much as one drink would cost each of us. In other words, we got a lot more for the same amount. So we went, and got “vodka sunrise” in a bowl bigger than a salad bowl. It was REALLY yummy. Looking at it I thought it would take us at least a half and hour finish it. In reality..... it took a little under 20 minutes! It was very funny. The next round took longer, for we each had our own separate drinks. It was really good. We took some really fun pictures of the evening.

We all slept in until late today. It was nice, for the shades on our windows close so tightly that at 11am I thought it was still completely dark outside. Though this is slightly disorenting, it was also really good. After a breakfast of Nutella and crackers, I started my day of planning. I wanted to take the time and actually do some reading on the places that I was seeing and the things that I still want to see. It was really really cool!
The first thing I found out was the name of the Cathedral that I have been seeing a lot. It is called, the Cathedrale St-Andre. The oldest part of it was built in 1096 and then the rest of what you see was built in the 13th and 14th centuries. Cool huh!? And then the other part is that there is this crazy tall tower thing and it is topped with a gold (looking, I couldn't actually find out what it is made of) statue of "Our Lady Aquitane". Ooh, I just LOVE the history of it all! I cant get enough. Then the other stuff that I learned was that one of the gardens that I have passes multiple times is where they had a guillotine during the Reign of Terror. Crazy right!?!
Um, there were other things that I learned, but none were all that important.

Tonight there was an Eagle's game on. The boys wanted to watch it, so they stayed in and skyped it from Gooeys home and I called Dare to see if he was going anything. Thankfully he was free, and we decided to go down town and see Bordeaux at night. It was so beautiful! I love it. I kept on rambling about the different history that I had been learning about..... I think I may have bored him. But I took some wonderful pictures! I hope to do that again, but I don't know when I will get the opportunity. Then we went back to the bar we went on Friday night, and it is actually spelled "The Frog and Rosbif", so that makes sense why it sounds like roast beef :) The drinks were good, but there was an event going on, and with each of us only knowing a bit of french.... we were sort of lost as to what they were doing. But it was enjoyable none the less.