{"id":3132,"date":"2022-06-22T19:43:57","date_gmt":"2022-06-22T18:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/priscimon.com\/blog\/?p=3132"},"modified":"2025-06-17T22:56:15","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T21:56:15","slug":"a-short-trip-to-bordeaux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/priscimon.com\/blog\/2022\/06\/22\/a-short-trip-to-bordeaux\/","title":{"rendered":"A short trip to Bordeaux"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We made a short trip to Bordeaux. On the first day and the second day, we had to shelter indoors from the heatwave. With the temperature reaching 42 degrees Celcius, walking and carrying a heavy DSLR under the harsh midday sun was going to be unpleasant. So we took our promenades in the evenings, when it was cooler, and used our mobile phones for snapshots. Here are pictures of things and places we liked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"Pey-Berland
Pey-Berland Tower<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Altar
Altar of Bordeaux Cathedral<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"View
View from the nave of Bordeaux Cathedral<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Vaults
Vaults of Bordeaux Cathedral<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Spicy
Spicy sauces in shop window<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"A
Rue Saint-James<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Tiny
Tiny jeans<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Graffiti\"
Graffiti<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"View
View from Quai Lawton<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Sculpture
Sculpture made from A\/V parts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Bordeaux
Bordeaux Cathedral<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"La
La Cit\u00e9 du Vin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Jacques
Jacques Chaban-Delmas Bridge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"La
See-through control tower<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We made a short trip to Bordeaux. On the first day and the second day, we had to shelter indoors from the heatwave. With the temperature reaching 42 degrees Celcius, walking and carrying a heavy DSLR under the harsh midday sun was going to be unpleasant. So we took our promenades in the evenings, when […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1j9q5-Ow","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3636,"url":"https:\/\/priscimon.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/05\/hurting-in-bordeaux\/","url_meta":{"origin":3132,"position":0},"title":"Hurting in Bordeaux","author":"Eddy Young","date":"5 May 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm typing this in Bordeaux, after spending a few hours refurbishing laptops handed back to me by my sister-in-law before she leaves France. 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