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BASTILLE DAY 2013 (BORDEAUX, FRANCE)
Just in case you weren’t already aware Bastille Day is the French national holiday when the storming of the Bastille in Paris in 1789, which resulted in the French Revolution and the birth of the Republic, is celebrated across France and in French communities across the world. For The Ban Chéile* and I, it has become a bit of a tradition to try to get to Bordeaux on Bastille Day (July 14th). The reason for the effort on our part is because of the reaction we had to discovering, quite by accident, the terrific atmosphere generated by the events in Bordeaux on Bastille Day when we first visited the city a number of years ago. At this stage I have to admit I have an ongoing love affair with Bordeaux and so this post will without a…
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THE BLARNEY STONE – BORDEAUX!
Something we don't do on holiday is frequent Irish Pubs, mostly because we can do that at home and frankly the "Irish Pubs" abroad are often dark and scruffy places that don't reflect actual pubs in Ireland (not since the early 20th century anyway).
