Day 6 - we were up early to catch the bus into Bordeaux (didn't want to attempt driving in there again!!). We gave up waiting for the 9:35 bus at 9:50 and then as we were walking back in to the hotel it went past. Went back for the 10:35 and it was 20 mins late as well. Got into Bordeaux finally just on midday. Had lunch in the Place des quinconces where the French celebrated winning back their independence from the English in the 15th century. We started walki...

Day 5 - we started the day well having no problems catching the train the Bordeaux. Then the fun started after we picked up the hire car! I was starting to panic when the sat nav couldn't locate the satellites but fortunately it did finally. Driving on the right wasn't so bad but navigating through the maze of streets in Central Bordeaux was a nightmare! The sat nav had to recalculate several times and the girls counted that I was beeped at 4 times and swore 6! I...