Well, if you are one of those who are looking for a new place in somewhere in the world, where culture is awesome, where you can do a lot of things everyday...a place that doesn´t have the normal city environment, you must visit Bordeaux
As many of you, I wanted to leave my country and travel all around the world. I started to look where could I live and what could I do there, and I met this awesome city. You may be thinking "Where is this?" or "I haven´t heard about this city, why did you decided that one?". Well, thats exactly what I´m going to tell you right now
At first it was hard, because leaving everything to start from the bottom is not as easy as many of you think. It´s hard to be alone in a new country, surrounded by a culture that you dont know and where everything is different.
For example, in Colombia you can talk with anyone on the street and he will probably help you with a doubt or with indications to get anywhere (obviously not everyone is that kind). But here in France you can´t do that. Here the people is very cold, and they are not very kind to be honest. So making a good relationship with someone is hard, but it´s not impossible. When I arrived to the university where I was going to study, the people were very kind and they helped me a lot on the first days. They tried to do their best to make me feel confortable and to know what I needed to know.
I have to say that besides I had learnt french to defend myself on the city, I wasn´t prepared to stand an oral presentation and a test in that language! So as and advice, you must have a great level of french if you want to live here. Don´t worry, it´s not that hard
Here I had many of the experiences I was looking for. I came here not only because the university here is one of the better ones in my carreer, but because this city is a mix between romanticism style and a big level of innnovation and modern lifestyle. You can look at every corner and you will find an ancient house, or a square. But you can also find very luxury stores and a place that in my personal opinion is the best thing that you can visit in this city: the water mirror ( or "Le Miroir d´eau). Im going to put a pic down here so you can understand what I´m talking about,
Here you can visit the piers, because this city is crossed by the "Garonna River". There you can do activities on the water, and when you got tired you can go for a brunch on any restaurant you want. The food here is fantastic, specially if you like the gourmet style accompained with a cup of wine.
If you are a wine lover you will love this city. It isn´t called "wine capital of the world" for anything
I haven´t convinced you to come yet? I´m gonna put some images of what you can find here in Bordeaux (I have visited them all, and I promise that you won´t regret)
Place du Parlement
Place du Palais (don´t you think this seems like a Disney Princess´s Castle?)
Quai Bacalan
I have to tell that life here is not expensive, but it isn´t cheap. It is very common to be honest, prices are not high and you can find everything here, but there are some things that you should avoid. For example, transportation here is very good because you can cover great distance by a low price. But we are in France, and as you know this country is Characterized because it´s very luxurious. And luxurious thing aren´t cheap, so you must avoid expending money on things that you dont need and look for other options. I leave a table with some things with their respective prices, I hope it helps someone who may be reading this blog
Coca Cola (0.33L) 2,41 €
12 eggs 2,73 €
Agua (1.5L) 0,69 €
Chicken Breast (1kg) 10,5 €
Marlboro Package 7 € (Quite expensive, in my opinion)
Cinema ticket 10 €
Cappuccino 2,63 €
White Rice (1kg) 1,71 €
Tomatoes (1kg) 2,36 €
Bananas (1kg) 1,86 €
Onions (1kg) 1,64 €
Red meat (1kg) 16,75 €
I´ll be showing many experiences from now on, so stay tuned!
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