Day 29 Bordeaux

Lovely city this. After reasonable nights sleep but really no better than the tent, we had as much as we could manage at breakfast, including my first tasting of nutella. OMG it tastes like the top of our favourite super U biscuits, that's going to be bought from now on and put on cheapy biscuits to emulate them!!!! Dave then went painting in a lovely little square. painting a little restaurant, lovely scene then a  white van parked right in front of him!!! Luckily the job wasn't an all dayer though they had to have a coffee in said restaurant before they went. Painting eventually finished we then moved to the side of the river itself after a coffee.  He started to paint an archway into the old town. Really stunning architecture all round.

After about an hour with his growing portfolio laid out on the new black sarong, a lady in some kind of uniform with a walkie talkie approached. I knew exactly what she was saying but played dumb, whilst Dave at one point said "but I haven't actually sold anything" but obviously in English so she didn't realise he was confessing all really. Then she spotted the 50euro card and jumped on the vital piece of evidence with relish then went onto the walkie talkie! I was packing stuff away by this time and owned up to all, the next thing three gendarmerie on bikes were there (slight overkill I felt). Dave then is like "but can I keep painting" which she acknowledged was ok. The boys in blue obviously felt the paperwork wasn't worth it and they all cycled off. 10 mins later two more passed by on Segways, I am so glad they weren't part of the initial squad or I could have laughed out loud and not be sitting here now.

Oh fun is being had all round!!!! Back to Auberge with bottle of wine and pizza!!!!! which normally would not bother me but this trip has changed everything!

in distance gendarmerie retuning to base

segwayers!!!!