David Sercombe in a Bordeaux to Pessac Alouette train
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Life without bus 4, bus 23, bus 44...
Well the tram will not be running to Alouette in May, and for yesterday and for today the buses have been on strike, too. But we still need to get places. Yesterday morning Pat and I took the 8:45 train to Bordeaux. Our meeting started at 10 and we had a choice between arriving at 8h55 and being really early or at 9h55 and being a little late. We chose the early option giving us an hour to do a 10 minute tram journey, so we decided to stroll through parts of the city we'd never seen before, passing along roads where we've seen flats advertised, then going in the general direction of where we needed to be, through the more North African parts of the city. It was great. Our only frustration was a half-hour wait to get the train back to Pessac, which forced us, obviously, to get a coffee (well, OK, an ice-cream) at the station's MacDonalds. Yesterday evening Catrin needed to get from one music school to the other. Normally I get the no 4 bus and pick up a pool ...
Today will be ... interesting
There's a bus and tram strike. Our trams are not yet operating due to technical problems that are being ironed out, but the website of the tram and bus company shows no buses coming within a 40 minute walk of our house. No bus 4. No 44. No 23. No nothing. Meanwhile: 1) Catrin has her last day of school. Two hours of class, for both of which she has finished all the course. Oh well, too bad. 2) Pat and I have a meeting in the centre of town. Ha! We can go by train! The station is a mere 20 minutes walk. 3) Catrin has a mock exam for bac music this evening. For that I've booked a car (40 minutes walk away), and I think it will mean some long evening walks on my part this evening.
UK visit tickets bought!
Wow! I'm doing all the scary stuff today! I just bought our tickets for our visit to the UK this summer. The Davey Summer Expedition.
One out, all stay in
There's a public transport strike tomorrow. They plan well for these and publish a list and a map of the bus routes that will be running normally, or with a reduced service. They also publish a map. Here's our area showing which bus routes are still running tomorrow. Basically there's nothing at all. Not a thing. We have a meeting in the centre of Bordeaux, but I THINK we can go by train...