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• Invisible Bordeaux Podcast in English - Mike Foster (Bordeaux Expats)

  

  The fifth monthly Invisible Bordeaux podcast is now available for your listening pleasure and I hope you're sitting especially comfortably... because this... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2019 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• The Real and Fake Ghost Signs of Rue De La Rousselle

  

  Rue de la Rouselle, which connects cours d’Alsace-et-Lorraine and cours Victor-Hugo, is one of the prettiest little side-streets of old Bordeaux. Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2019 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• RoboCup 2020: the Robot Football World Cup is Coming to Bordeaux!

  

  Just a little heads-up here because in June 2020, 3,500 competitors from 45 countries and 40,000 spectators will be descending on Bordeaux for RoboCup, the... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2019 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Invisible Bordeaux Podcast Episode #4 - Deux Degrés

  

  The third episode of the monthly Invisible Bordeaux podcast is now available for your listening pleasure and features quality French-language conversation with... Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2019 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• The Clocks of Bordeaux 3/3

  

  A few months ago, Invisible Bordeaux published two compilations of clocks than can be seen in the streets of the city (you'll find the pieces here and here). Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2019 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Reopening Soon: Inside Bordeaux’s Fully-revamped Natural History Museum

  

  After ten years of extensive refurbishment work, the Muséum de Bordeaux - Sciences et Nature, the city’s natural history museum, will be reopening to the genera... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2019 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Video: 1924-2019 Aerial Timelapse of the Mériadeck Quarter

  

  After spotting a tweet published by one Matt Guenoux, featuring an aerial timelapse of Roissy Charles-de-Gaulle airport taking shape based on pictures... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2019 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• The 1959 Bordeaux-Mérignac Air Disaster: the Night TAI Flight 307 Crashed into...

  

  It is 22:18 on Thursday 24 September 1959. At Bordeaux-Mérignac airport, a Douglas DC-7C propeller-driven aircraft (the very one pictured above, registered... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2019 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Invisible Bordeaux Podcast Episode #2 - Nirina Ralantoaritsimba (artist,...

  

  The second episode of the monthly Invisible Bordeaux podcast is now available for your listening pleasure and features quality French-language conversation... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2019 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Introducing the Invisible Bordeaux Podcast! Episode #1 - Vincent Bart (FLBP)

  

  While it may have been relatively quiet here on the blog, the Invisible Bordeaux machine has in fact been very busy behind the scenes, hard at work developing... Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2019 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• All About the Invisible Bordeaux Seven-year Itch!

  

  The Invisible Bordeaux blog was launched seven years ago, on December 1st 2011, and ever since has delivered a steady succession of articles, interviews and... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2018 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• First Arcachon Bay Performance of the Shuman Show in Lanton on December 14th!

  

  On Friday December 14th at 9:00pm, Café Baryton in Lanton will be hosting the first Bassin d'Arcachon performance of the Invisible Bordeaux live spin-off, the... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2018 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Seeing the Gironde Estuary Through the Eyes of Tour Guide Marie Hallier

  

  After occasionally bumping into tour guide Marie Hallier at various functions in Bordeaux and featuring an article she had written about the colour of the... Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2018 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Bordeaux Ghost Signs Featured in easyJet Traveller In-flight Magazine

  

  As you may have gathered, Bordeaux is making regular appearances in easyJet Traveller, the in-flight magazine available on board all easyJet aircraft as they... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2018 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• The Great Landes Forest Fire of 1949

  

  A Sud Ouest article about a solemn ceremony recently held in Cestas to remember the victims of a massive forest fire which occurred back in 1949 prompted... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2018 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Gironde Estuary Cycle Tour 4/4: Saint-Seurin-de-Cadourne > Bordeaux

  

  After cycling to Mirambeau, on to Royan and back down to Saint-Seurin-de-Cadourne, it was on to our home straight, although the first stop on this, our final... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2018 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Gironde Estuary Cycle Tour 3/4: Royan > Saint-Seurin-de-Cadourne

  

  Having cycled from Bordeaux to Mirambeau and on to Royan, here we are on day three of a tour of the Gironde estuary, which started off with us following... Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2018 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Gironde Estuary Cycle Tour 2/4: Mirambeau > Royan

  

  In the first part of this cycling road trip around the Gironde estuary, my travelling companions and I made it as far as Mirambeau, slightly inland in the... Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2018 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Gironde Estuary Cycle Tour 1/4: Bordeaux > Mirambeau

  

  A few weeks back my wife Muriel, my father-in-law Michel and I hopped onto our respective bikes with the sole aim of departing from Saint-Aubin-de-Médoc, cyclin... Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2018 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• 'Five Places to Pretend You're in a French Movie in Bordeaux' Feature in...

  

  Once again, Invisible Bordeaux has delivered a "listicle" to the good people of easyJet Traveller magazine, and you can read the article on board the airline's... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2018 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL