60. Jump

Bordeaux - France

The hit list

Cracking plan.  Get on the road in good time and see the sights of Bordeaux....

Midday now, might as well do lunch...

By the time we got to Bordeaux the shadows were long. I didn't make things easy by applying research and taking the advice that street parking would be available. The car parks all had a height restriction of eighteen hundred millimetres and I had left the boat on the roof so we saw two of the hit list sights from the Disco.  We eventually found a park and set off on foot for a shop that Jacqueline likes, our aim being a gas lighter as the cheapie that came with the Giantavan has died.

Joy can be bought

While the family perused the opportunities and joys that the shop presented I met Antony on the street outside.  Antony has been Jumping the world since 2014.  He had a large map on the pavement with all the countries he has visited outlined in black surrounded with photos.  Antony was very interested in our challenges, travelling with six and we (various children (known to me) came and went during the conversation) were certainly interested in his zero budget travels and the realities that he faces and his impressions along the way.

We wandered on a bit further and got sucked into the Apple Store, Roman first.  Certainly a good lesson in black hole theory and I wonder how Mr Hawking worked it all out prior to the arrival of this American inspiration?

Nailed it!
One shopping street and two sights from the Disco.

We escaped the space time Apple continuum only to be grasped by the gravitational pull of the Golden Arches so it was more screen time as each of the children happily tapped away on the individual ordering screens while I circulated with my credit card.

It is a wonderful thing that we can travel the world and be assured of a uniformly bland commercial experience irregardless of the city / country.