Bordeaux was a nice place to visit after the busy time we had in Paris visiting all of the sights. It is a decent sized city, but has a more relaxed feel about it. We were only there for 2.5 days, but managed to get a wine tour in. The tour was a decent expense, but an opportunity we couldn't miss. We toured the Medoc region of Bordeaux and visited 3 different Chateau's, the Wine was great and the Chateau's were beautiful. The wines we sampled sell for up to $150, so when we got back to our hotel and poured a glass of our $3 wine, it had lost its appeal. Other than that we just walked around the city, found a shopping mall and looked around there. Have been enjoying the cheese here,it is so cheap. We can buy a piece of Roquefort here for $3, a piece that would cost $10 back home, and as you can tell from the $3 bottle of wine I mentioned earlier the wine is cheap as well. People said they were cheap and they were right. Talking about things France is known for, they really do love their baguette we quite often see people walking home with 3 or 4 loaves under there arm. They use them for sandwiches so you can go through one fairly quick.
Cannes is beautiful as you can see from the picture I posted. Melanie and I laid out in the sun yesterday, and a fairly red today but it was worth it. The sun is so warm, and the water is nice as well. We went for a boat ride to St.Magerite today, a small island off-shore that held the man-in-the-iron-mask for the first 40 years of his captivity before he was transferred of to the bastillle for the final 5 years. It was cool, and the island was nice.
The prison, he was the third window from the left on the wall at the end.
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