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We change at Hendaye in France. Passport and baggage examination about noon Arrive Bordeaux [[strikethrough]] 2 [[/strikethrough]] 2:30 P.M Hotel Terminus [[strikethrough]] ne [[/strikethrough]] in the station excellent quiet clean room about 15 frcs! 15x7=$1.05 or about 1 Dollar Few people in it and most only for one day. Went walking thru town then drove around in open carriage Cold, cloudy and chilly Along Garonne visited wharves and boats My coachman says the best restaurants are:
Chapon fin
Chapeau rouge
Restaurant de la Prene
"          de Bayonne
"          de Bourdeaux
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May 11. Cold cloudy and rainey Walked about. Hotel de Bordeaux seems the most important and attracts everybody to its café. The French are undoubdetly the leading of the latin nation. No beggars here, everything orderly. Town seems to suffer however from depression in wine trade. I notice a large [[strikethrough]] poster [[/strikethrough]] political poster where appeal to the voters is made [[strikethrough]] to [[/strikethrough]] under the slogan of "Renovation démocratique" to make the French constitution similar to that of the U.S by separating the legislative from the executive functions and introducing a Supreme Court system.
Examining in detail some of the merchant sail boats along the Garonne I notice to my delight that the