Smells like Ramen!

After only one day in Bordeaux eating out every meal, we felt the need to switch to another food theme. It's kind of like weight lifting, 2 days on 1 day off. This was really a preemptive strike though because we know we're going to be eating out a lot in the next week. And in Bordeaux that means a lot of duck fat, cow fat, chicken fat and most of all, the lovely, endearing and ever so loyal pork fat. So tonight we had Ramen noodles at a very cool, tiny little place called Fufu where we sat at the bar, sweating just a little from the heat coming off the kitchen that was behind the bar, slurping our noodles and, yes, pork. Noa in particular loved the pork. I has to ask them for an extra serving for her. She especially liked the chewy parts. It's hard to escape the other white meat in France. Earlier today, in fact, we decided we wanted to have a lighter lunch after a somewhat disastrous dinner last night (not for everyone, just me) when I had the worst meat ever, so chewy and greasy but it was late and I decided I would eat what I could so as not to disturb the harmony of the meal. My stomach, however, was not in agreement with that decision. My body has been working really hard to digest that piece of rubber, keeping me up all night and I'm pretty sure it will take 5 to 7 years before I'm completely finished with that meal. Isn't that how long it takes to digest a piece of chewing gum? Anyways, back to our "light" lunch. We both got salads, his-greens with duck confit and a wedge of fois gras and hers-greens with ham, sheep's cheese, some red peppers and a couple different sauces, just for fun. They were both delicious and so light! As far as we can tell, all there is to do in Bordeaux is eat, drink and shop. Too bad for us that our kids are only fans of eating. The city center is made up of a labyrinth of small walking streets lined with thousands of restaurants and shops. Around every corner there is a Place and they are all packed with the one billion tourists that are in town. In other news, Noa got her staple out today, very easy, no drama, healing beautifully. We did go to the Mirror d'Eau which is an open area next to the river that is covered with about half an inch of water for kids and adults to splash around in. It looks as if you're walking on water and every 15 minutes or so the ground spits up more water and mist to keep the ground wet. Tomorrow, I think we'll hit a museum after a light breakfast of hot chocolate and croissants. And maybe if we're feeling lucky we'll take them to a wine bar for a tasting!