Another day and another journey with yet again an early start. Combourg even with the commuters and a light drizzle looked as beautiful as yesterday with the chateau dominating the view of the town. Our double decker train was on time with no commuter crush and the change at Rennes for Paris Montparnasse straightforward. The only issue in Paris was finding the train, even though they are quite big this one had no platform and it didn’t appear to be heading to Bordeaux. Our Inrun bound express stopping at Bordeaux left 10 minutes late but at least it was running. First impressions of SNCF and local trains is that they are clean and plenty of seats for passengers. Danny the Dragon enjoyed his journey down and even got a seat to himself for part of the journey.
Strangely on arrival in Bordeaux we discovered that the station was being modernised, what a time to do it!! Helpful staff were able to give us directions to the hotel – by bus as the Metro was on strike. Major downside to the bus was that EVERYONE was using it. It’s not easy to fight your way on to a bus with a flightbag and then keep your balance, but believe me it can be done. 35 minutes though of it is a test of Krypton Factor proportions. Always be positive though and we could see the hotel from where the bus stopped. Within 10 minutes we were checked in and Danny was enjoying the view.
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