Day 3: Free day in Bordeaux, followed by welcome dinner.

The trip included a tram pass for our days in Bordeaux, which made it easy to get around.
In the background is the Cité du Vin wine museum, meant to resemble wine swirling in a glass.
It is a very interactive museum with tons of information. This map shows how 90% of the world's wine grows in these narrow latitude bands across the northern and southern hemispheres.
Wade with a giant corkscrew.
In this section, you squeeze the bulb for each bell jar to sample the various aromas you can find in wine.
This was supposed to be a mutli-sensory explanation of various wines.
As they described the wines, they had projections on the table and on the walls.
This set of panels showed the various steps in the winemaking process.
The main store with a huge selection of local wines.
Back out on the street; it was a little rainy for the first couple of days.
We meet up with our group and head on the tram to our welcome dinner at Chez Dupont.
We preselected several of the meals, and our guide Maarten had reminder cards for everyone.
Wade's first course: crab salad with a poached egg.
Kimberly's first course: a huge portion of duck foie gras.
Wade's second course: veal with morel mushroom jus.
Kimberly's second course: duck leg confit.
Wade's dessert: rum cake with whipped cream and golden raisins.
Kimberly's dessert: fresh strawberries over a lime sorbet.