Day trip to Blaye today. We didn't get an early start but that was fine. Ate a banana for breakfast and hit the road. First it was time to figure out our garbage. It ended up being pretty simple. There are containers, which open with a card, which we had. Even though Paul told us what goes in each color container, it is also shown in pictures on each bin. That ended up being pretty fast and not a deal breaker for staying here.
Now we are on our way to Blaye (pronounced Bly). We took the country road route and not sorry we did. What a beautiful countryside.
It only took about 20 minutes to get to Blaye even on the back roads. We parked by the massive Citadel. It is quite the amazing place. We also visited the Tourist office and gathered a little information. It is fun to be right by the Gironde that we were cruising on just a few days ago! We are also visiting some of the same places with a diffferent perspective.
After looking around we decided to have lunch right across from the Citadel. We split a burger and a salad. That salad is burrata cheese and heirloom tomatoes...delicious! AND you can get a medium rare burger in France, no problem!
Our next stop was Aldi's Market in Blaye. I saw the sign coming into town and suggested we go there instead of Carrefour back in Bourg. They didn't have all the things we wanted but we got a few things we hadn't seen at Carrefour. It was quite surprising to see so many items with "Trader Joe's" labels on them! No, we didn't buy the hotdogs in a jar, but they didn't look bad.
Now we're tired and heading back. Tonight we had a baked potato with all the fixin's (onion, bacon, butter, crème fraîche (like sour cream after we added a bit of lemon juice), parsley, and paprika. We played a few games and called it a day. We do stay up later here because it is so light. It isn't dark until long after 10p.
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