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Our adventures in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus continue....
  
This morning it still looked a bit ominous out there so we studied the tourist guides and made a decision between going in to Bordeaux, where knowing it was Sunday, most things would be closed but very little traffic, or a trip down the Gironde Estuary area. Finally after bacon and egg, a couple of mugs of coffee, all the time watching the clouds, we plumped for the Gironde area.
We finally set off around 11 a.m. taking the little country roads out of the hamlet we are staying in. We came to a village called St Ciers with a Sunday marke
t on the village square. Apparently these farmers markets are quite common with lovely fresh produce at way below shop prices, a very popular alternative for many.
We then went further south to Blaye, where there is a well preserved Citadel, built in the 1600 hundreds, originally to keep out the English. From the walls the views over the town of Blaye itself were lovely and within the walls there were many well preserved buildings, including this one with a beautiful garden. After stopping for hot chocolate and coffee we drove further along the coast to Bourg, another historic town on the Gironde estuary. Her we found a marina with some quite modern boats and this one old coaster that had clearly been sunk some considerable time ago. Around 4 p.m. it started to look a little black overhead so we headed back to a good book and another glass of wine, with the promise of steak and trimmings later.
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