In line for steak

After landing on the gypsie side of Bordeaux and wondering where all the wine was we found our nice hotel near the train station.

We drove direct from Bourges today after realizing that traversing the whole of the Loire Valley would take much longer than thought.

In France we have spent more on motorway tolls than diesel. Today, our biggest one yet, was 31 euro. They save a lot of time, but this is something that we have had to get used to. It would cost more in fuel to drive around the toll. User pays.

Took the advice of our concierge (and our good mate Adam) to check out l'entrecôte. Both warned us of the lineup- an hour outside before we got a table.

The famous steak sauce was very moreish, and the all you can eat shoestring fries to soak up the sauce some of the best yet in France. A big claim, they take their fries very seriously here. Their desserts are massive (pic).

Made some new friends in line which meant the hour passed quickly. They were very kind to talk slow French to us. Many thanks!

Massive sweets @ l'entrecote/Matt- you are falling behind ;)/on the quai @ Bordeaux/someone used Tom Tom in a carpark/