The view or two from my "office"

[VPS]

Bordeaux

I was amazed at the number of restaurants in the Old Town. There were streets and streets like this

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Place de la Bourse

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I loved Bordeaux - enjoy

 

[wannabeinvestmentbanker]

Office view the last couple of days and a clear reminder of why I value QF points
Unbelievable EK flights from check-in, lounge, transit and onboard service.

Note to self to break up Aus-Europe as you just can’t enjoy that second leg as much as you want to.

 

[Captain Halliday]

Preparing to depart the SYD office.



After departing 16L this was the view abeam the field as we set course for BNE.

 

[Princess Fiona]

Have been here many times. But tonight’s office was still a bit special.
Flagship DFW

 

[Daver6]

Bordeaux

I was amazed at the number of restaurants in the Old Town. There were streets and streets like this

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Place de la Bourse

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If you're still there and after an amazing meal, I can highly recommend La Tupina | L'Âme du Sud-Ouest à Bordeaux

 

[RB]

Paxos Island Greece

 

[OZDUCK]

I loved Bordeaux - enjoy

We have only been here half a day so far but it seems lovely. The only trouble is they have used our arrival as a chance to close down and rebuild half the tram system.

 

[Captain Halliday]

Same office as my previous post. Different view.

Turning base for 19L.



Above Moreton Island, Queensland.

 

[OATEK]

Brunch at Como Marina NSW

 

[VPS]

We have only been here half a day so far but it seems lovely. The only trouble is they have used our arrival as a chance to close down and rebuild half the tram system.

Which is a shame because the trams are so great. One of the things that amazed me was there was no guard rails. You just walked across the street and got on the tram. Not like a nanny Adelaide.

 

[VPS]

If you're still there and after an amazing meal, I can highly recommend La Tupina | L'Âme du Sud-Ouest à Bordeaux

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interesting someone recommended that to me and I thought it was a bit overrated but YMMV

 

[RooFlyer]

Guess my location

 

[OZDUCK]

Which is a shame because the trams are so great. One of the things that amazed me was there was no guard rails. You just walked across the street and got on the tram. Not like a nanny Adelaide.

They are putting in two completely new tramlines and doing a lot of work to repair and stabilise the historic Pont de Pierre. It is currently only open for foot and bike traffic. Lines A, C and D are affected around the bridge area. It all seems very worthwhile and is scheduled from 2 June - 31 August. But why when we are here

The trams aren't the problem it's the bikes and scooters coming from every direction and at speed that worry me.

 

[RooFlyer]

Mainly for @JohnM

 

[Flashback]

Fort Dauphin, Madagascar. A game of volleyball with the local community and a double rainbow.

 

[VPS]

Illogan cemetry Cornwall - not somewhere I expected to find Australian service people buried

Commonwealth War Graves Illogan Churchyard - Illogan - TracesOfWar.com

www.tracesofwar.com

There are Australians buried in the Illogan churchyard because they were members of the Royal Air Force stationed at RAF Portreath (Nancekuke) during World War II. The churchyard contains war graves, including those of Canadians, Australians, New Zealanders, and Polish airmen. These personnel served at the RAF station and were buried in the designated war graves area, which also includes a woman. The area was established in 1950 with hedges and a Cross.

I will post more photos of the headstones here Malta Sicily Belfast Cornwall and a few others in between in case anyone recognises a family name

 

[OZDUCK]

Part of the extremely long Bordeaux waterfront. Taken from the Pont Jacques Chaban Delmas. This was at around 22:30.



The bridge is a "vertical lift bridge". The four illuminated pillars have huge cables and winches which lift the central deck of the bridge straight up. The Azamara Forward, formerly the Pacific Princess, passed under it yesterday - we missed it.

 

[VPS]

I managed to capture one in 2017