Day 13 My 77th Birthday

77, happy & feeling fine. 🤩

It’s great having a B-Day in September because we’re often travelling. Would be fun to pull together all those pics and see where all we’ve been.

The sun was shining as we headed off on our bikes to hit some of the spots in Bordeaux we hadn’t seen as yet - Marché des Capucines and Bassins des Lumières.

The market was an wonderful mix of colours, smells, sights & sounds. The pics say more than words.

Bassins des Lumieres is unique - a huge German submarine bunker that was left there after WWII that’s been turned into an immersive digital arts centre. This presentation was the Dutch Masters - Vermeer to Van Gogh. It was amazing - powerful music, huge walls and ever changing images totally surrounding us.

We’ve seen similar Van Gogh presentations - in a cave at Baux-de-Provence, (incredible) in Avignon and in Toronto. This exhibition was unique, though, due to its setting and the inclusion of 325 artworks by 50 different Dutch painters. I got a little carried away taking pics & videos.

The night ended with a birthday dinner at Brasserie Le Noailles - the same restaurant we’d found the first night we arrived. Lovely ambiance, excellent food & wine.

I was delighted to get so many warm birthday wishes from all our girls and many friends.Read more