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Bedtime Travel Story _ Wandering in Bordeaux Part 1 _ Relaxing Bedtime Story for Sleep · Abide Meditation App

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Speaker 1: Welcome to Get Sleepy, where we listen, we relax, and
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Speaker 1: we get sleepy. As always, I'm your host, Thomas, and
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Speaker 1: I'm so grateful to have you here. Tonight, Elizabeth will
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Speaker 1: be guiding you through the cobblestone streets and tree-lined squares
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Speaker 1: of the historic city centre of Bordeaux, in southern France.
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Speaker 1: This is the first installment in a two-part tour through
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Speaker 1: this ancient and beautiful city. The tour will continue in
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Speaker 1: our next episode on Wednesday night this week. But they're
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Speaker 1: both able to stand alone too. So don't feel like
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Speaker 1: you need to stay awake and hear this one in
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Speaker 1: full to be able to enjoy the next. And you
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Speaker 1: can always pick up where you left off tomorrow night. So,
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Speaker 1: let's enjoy a moment now to ease into the peace
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Speaker 1: and comfort of bed. I want you to know that
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Speaker 1: whatever you're feeling right now, you are not alone. Of course,
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Speaker 1: I sincerely hope that you're feeling content, at ease and restful.
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Speaker 1: But if you're not, that's okay. Just remember that this
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Speaker 1: time right here is for you to be true and
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Speaker 1: authentic to yourself Allow yourself to feel. Allow yourself to
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Speaker 1: reflect if it feels right to do so. And as
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Speaker 1: you go through that process, also allow yourself to release.
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Speaker 1: Release anything that is uncomfortable, letting a gradual lightness envelop
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Speaker 1: your body and mind. We all try our best to
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Speaker 1: be strong and to project our best selves to the
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Speaker 1: world around us. But it's also important to let our
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Speaker 1: guard down once in a while, to acknowledge anything that
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Speaker 1: might be weighing on us And to release any tension
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Speaker 1: it could be causing us to hold. Now is 100%
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Speaker 1: your time. To feel at ease with exactly who you
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Speaker 1: are and how you're feeling. And I want you to
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Speaker 1: know that you can rest and recharge, comfortable in the
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Speaker 1: knowledge that you are not alone. So now, as you
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Speaker 1: let go of tension and discomfort, just let your eyes
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Speaker 1: fall closed. and picture yourself relaxing in a comfortable seat
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Speaker 1: of a gently gliding tram. You're gazing out the window
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Speaker 1: towards people milling along the picturesque riverfront of one of
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Speaker 1: the loveliest cities you've had the good fortune to visit.
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Speaker 1: This is where our story It's.
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Speaker 2: A gorgeous day in the city of Bordeaux. in southwestern France.
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Speaker 2: You're sitting in a padded seat, riding comfortably on a sleek,
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Speaker 2: modern tram. The tram is gliding alongside a river that
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Speaker 2: sparkles in the sun. You know that many of your
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Speaker 2: fellow riders are headed to work or school, but you're
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Speaker 2: on your way to something different, a voyage of discovery
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Speaker 2: of sorts. You're headed to take a sightseeing tour through
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Speaker 2: the oldest portion of this historic river port town. With curiosity,
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Speaker 2: You allow your gaze to sweep across the vibrant scene
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Speaker 2: outside the window next to you. Your eyes roam over
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Speaker 2: the people, strolling a wide path along the riverbank on
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Speaker 2: your left. Then you turn to contemplate the elegant old
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Speaker 2: city buildings to your right. As you watch, the tram
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Speaker 2: pulls smoothly to a stop. You stand up and move
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Speaker 2: towards the exit. The doors open and you step off
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Speaker 2: onto the pavement. As you do so, you feel that
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Speaker 2: you're turning away from the present and towards the past. Specifically,
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Speaker 2: you're turning towards the gate to the old city center
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Speaker 2: and its remnants of the Middle Ages. You're looking towards
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Speaker 2: a break in the stately buildings that line the riverfront.
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Speaker 2: In the gap, set a little farther back, looms a building.
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Speaker 2: that reminds you of an unusually narrow fairy tale castle.
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Speaker 2: A solid looking stone edifice rises up topped by several
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Speaker 2: round spires and something like a bell tower that soars
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Speaker 2: above the skyline. A building like this might not be
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Speaker 2: the first thing that comes to mind when modern visitors
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Speaker 2: think of the word gate. But this beautiful structure is
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Speaker 2: in fact a medieval gatehouse. In the middle of the
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Speaker 2: building is an opening wide enough for a car to
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Speaker 2: pass through, if that were allowed, or a chariot. But
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Speaker 2: people are only allowed through on foot. these days. This
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Speaker 2: is Port Cayo. This old gatehouse was once set into
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Speaker 2: heavy walls that ringed the city in the Middle Ages.
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Speaker 2: The walls are long gone, taken down centuries ago to
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Speaker 2: open up the town, but the gatehouse remains. Behind you,
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Speaker 2: another tram stops. This charges a handful of passengers and
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Speaker 2: then slides off along the tracks. You turn to watch
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Speaker 2: it go. The grand buildings behind you are reflected in
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Speaker 2: its curved, streamlined windows for a moment, before blurring as
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Speaker 2: the tram picks up speed. Feeling like you're walking into
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Speaker 2: a bygone era, you move away from the streetcar stop
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Speaker 2: and towards the castle-like gate, ready to walk through. This
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Speaker 2: old riverfront city has been continually inhabited since at least
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Speaker 2: the Stone Age. It's located deep in what's now the
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Speaker 2: southwest of France, but it wasn't always part of that country.
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Speaker 2: In the time of ancient Rome, the Romans controlled the town,
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Speaker 2: and it served as a commercial airport. outpost of the
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Speaker 2: Roman Empire. In those times, it was known as Portigala.
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Speaker 2: Later in the Middle Ages, the city was part of
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Speaker 2: an independent region ruled by dukes and duchesses. In the
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Speaker 2: 12th century, a young duchess named Eleanor of Aquitaine inherited
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Speaker 2: the region. Eleanor married the French king, and her lands
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Speaker 2: briefly became part of France. After 15 years, though, the
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Speaker 2: royal couple split. Eleanor promptly got remarried. this time to
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Speaker 2: the heir to the English throne. This made Bordeaux a
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Speaker 2: possession of the King of England, and so it remained
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Speaker 2: for three centuries before finally becoming French once and for
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Speaker 2: all in the late Middle Ages. This history is on
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Speaker 2: your mind, as you step into the momentary shadow of
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Speaker 2: the passage through the gatehouse. Here, in its great archway,
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Speaker 2: seems like you can almost feel the past around you.
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Speaker 2: The thick walls block out the sun. The old stone
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Speaker 2: seems to see coolness from its depths, as impenetrable to
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Speaker 2: the sun's rays as it once was to enemy weapons.
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Speaker 2: And then, the moment passes. You step once more out
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Speaker 2: into the bright sun, but this time on the medieval
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Speaker 2: side of the game. It is here that you are
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Speaker 2: to meet your guide. All you know about him is
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Speaker 2: his name, Jean-Marc. You look round, blinking slightly, even though
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Speaker 2: you are only in the archway for a moment. You
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Speaker 2: spot a man of indeterminate age, holding a sign with
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Speaker 2: your name handwritten on it. in careful letters. You move
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Speaker 2: towards him and he greets you warmly. Welcome to the
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Speaker 2: Middle Ages, he says with a hint of a smile
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Speaker 2: and you're struck by the harmony of his greeting with
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Speaker 2: your thoughts in this moment. Jean-Marc sweeps his arm upwards
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Speaker 2: and to indicate the port cao beside you and begins
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Speaker 2: to tell the tale of his city you learn that
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Speaker 2: the gatehouse dates to the 1490s it was built to
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Speaker 2: celebrate a military victory in italy by the french king
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Speaker 2: soon after Bordeaux had finally come under control of the
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Speaker 2: French monarchy. As Jean-Marc weaves the tale, you warm to
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Speaker 2: his enthusiasm for this land and its history. You find
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Speaker 2: yourself listening as much to the tone and cadence of
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Speaker 2: the story as to its details. swept away in the
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Speaker 2: grand narrative of kings and queens, battles and victories, the
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Speaker 2: rise and fall of different factions and powers that be.
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Speaker 2: And through it all remained the city itself, sometimes altered,
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Speaker 2: sometimes damaged, but it was always left standing after the
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Speaker 2: rest fell from power or passed from grace. Jean-Marc asks
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Speaker 2: then if you'd like to go up inside the gatehouse,
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Speaker 2: and you agree. He shows you to a little entrance
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Speaker 2: within the arch and motions for you to enter, telling
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Speaker 2: you it's best enjoyed on your own You accept his
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Speaker 2: advice and mount the staircase by yourself. They take you
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Speaker 2: up to the first floor of the building, where you
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Speaker 2: enter a small museum. Apart from the attendant at the counter,
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Speaker 2: who greets you in the slightly hushed tones of a
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Speaker 2: librarian or perhaps a nun, you're the only one here.
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Speaker 2: Your footsteps echo slightly as you walk across the floor
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Speaker 2: to view the few exhibits. You learn about the regional
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Speaker 2: stone quarries and stoneworking that gave rise to the city's
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Speaker 2: buildings over the centuries. And you view a short film
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Speaker 2: that brings to life the Pick medieval battles that Jean-Marc
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Speaker 2: described for you with such feeling. Then, turning, you make
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Speaker 2: your way to another set of steps, which will lead
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Speaker 2: you to the top of the tower. You climb, slowly,
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Speaker 2: a bit in awe at being within these ancient walls.
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Speaker 2: A reverence made sharper and more poignant by your near
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Speaker 2: aloneness in this fortress. And you realize that your guide
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Speaker 2: knew what he was doing when he encouraged you to
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Speaker 2: explore this monument by yourself. You trail your fingers along
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Speaker 2: the wall beside you. savoring its faintly dusty feeling. As
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Speaker 2: you brush your fingertips on this ancient wall, you feel
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Speaker 2: like you're snatching a fleeting touch of a long-lost past.
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Speaker 2: Yet at the same time, its touch feels so very
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Speaker 2: solidly real that you catch your breath A great sense
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Speaker 2: of connection to the grand swathe of human history floods
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Speaker 2: into you and you breathe in deeply the mildly musty
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Speaker 2: scent of the tower around you. You close your eyes
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Speaker 2: and breathe out again slowly. Images of the ages are
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Speaker 2: swirling through your mind, and then you begin to climb again,
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Speaker 2: another step and you reach the top, a largely bare garret,
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Speaker 2: a simple and unfurnished room beneath the roof, here you
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Speaker 2: can gaze out at the city and the river below,
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Speaker 2: You look out the window at the waters of the river,
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Speaker 2: flowing along, flowing just as they flowed hundreds of years
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Speaker 2: ago when this gatehouse was first built. You wonder what
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Speaker 2: life was like for the guards who once looked upon
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Speaker 2: this same view from this same space so long ago.
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Speaker 2: Below you, and slightly off to the side, Bordeaux's oldest
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Speaker 2: and most famous bridge spans the waters. Called the Pont
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Speaker 2: de Pierre, or the Bridge of Stone, it was built
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Speaker 2: under the Emperor Napoleon. Up until then, people who wanted
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Speaker 2: to get to the other side of the river had
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Speaker 2: to cross by boat. It's an elegant, old stone bridge,
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Speaker 2: supported by picturesque arches. It's a far cry from the
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Speaker 2: super-modern suspension bridge that crosses the river on the other
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Speaker 2: side of town. You admire its beauty, And remember hearing
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Speaker 2: it has the same number of arches as there are
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Speaker 2: letters in Napoleon's full name. Napoleon Bonaparte. You count them. One, two, three, four.
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Speaker 2: All the way up to seventeen. Yes, it's true. You
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Speaker 2: smile to yourself. You contemplate how very lucky you are
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Speaker 2: to be here now witnessing such loveliness and you slowly
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Speaker 2: begin to make your way down again. You breathe in
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Speaker 2: the ever so vaguely dust-scented air of the old stairway
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Speaker 2: with great appreciation, then you emerge into daylight once more,
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Speaker 2: stepping slowly out the door of this charmed structure and
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Speaker 2: back into the sunshine, you allow its warm rays to
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Speaker 2: bring you slowly back from the mysteries within, to immerse
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Speaker 2: you again in the energy of the city that swirls
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Speaker 2: around you Jean-Marc is there waiting for you he pauses
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Speaker 2: a moment as if waiting for you to come all
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Speaker 2: the way back to the present then he begins to
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Speaker 2: share more about this piece of history that you've just climbed.
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Speaker 2: A niche over the gatehouse entrance contains a statue of
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Speaker 2: the French king, whose triumph it commemorates, he tells you.
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Speaker 2: His dreamy tone reflects his deep love of this town
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Speaker 2: and its past. you don't pay attention to the king's name. Instead,
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Speaker 2: preferring to focus on the way Jean-Marc seems to bring
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Speaker 2: him to life through his stories. There are competing theories
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Speaker 2: about how the port Cailleau got its name, your guide
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Speaker 2: goes on to say. It may have been named for
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Speaker 2: one or more members of a rich, local family, several
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Speaker 2: of whom served as mayors of the city during the
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Speaker 2: Middle Ages. On the other hand, Kayo means a small
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Speaker 2: stone or pebble in the old and near-forgotten local dialect Gascon.
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Speaker 2: You ponder this a moment as your eyes roam again
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Speaker 2: over the castle-like gate. The first explanation may well be
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Speaker 2: the correct one, you suppose, but you prefer the other.
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Speaker 2: The gate of the pebble looming over the bridge of stones.
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Speaker 2: The names would certainly be fitting for these monuments, hewn
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Speaker 2: from timeless rock. Jean-Marc is speaking again, low and soft,
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Speaker 2: yet somehow perfectly audible over the murmur of activity in
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Speaker 2: this bustling town centre. Now he's telling you about the
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Speaker 2: plaza that opens up on this side of the gate,
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Speaker 2: and you slowly turn to face it. You see a
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Speaker 2: lovely open area, paved with flat, interlocking stone tiles. The
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Speaker 2: tiles are of the same warm hue as the gate
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Speaker 2: behind you. and as the beautiful buildings that rise along
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Speaker 2: the plaza. These graceful buildings feature arched doorways and windows,
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Speaker 2: and they're adorned by picturesque balconies with wrought iron balustrades.
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Speaker 2: Bright green, lengthy trees cast dappled shade over portions of
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Speaker 2: the plaza. A series of gleaming silver discs had a
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Speaker 2: modern touch that strangely doesn't feel the least out of place.
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Speaker 2: These discs appeared to be some kind of art installation,
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Speaker 2: clearly added in recent times. You hear a childish laugh
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Speaker 2: bubble up as a toddler hops from one of these
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Speaker 2: discs to the next, and the next, and the next.
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Speaker 2: This is the Place du Palais, Jean-Marc tells you, the
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Speaker 2: Palace Square. For centuries, the majestic residence of the Dukes
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Speaker 2: of Aquitaine stood here. The name of that former palace
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Speaker 2: catches your fancy when he mentions it. It was called
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Speaker 2: the Ombriere Palace. Jean-Marc says this could translate to the
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Speaker 2: Palace of the Shaded Wave. or perhaps just the Shaded Palace.
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Speaker 2: He says it's believed to have been named for the
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Speaker 2: large trees that once stood nearby. The name seems to
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Speaker 2: drag this once palace out of the murky past and
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Speaker 2: make it real in your imagination. It stood here, one
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Speaker 2: time where you stand now. The sun shone bright and
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Speaker 2: hot above it as it shines on you now, while
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Speaker 2: the leaves of the trees cast their cooling shade. You
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Speaker 2: can almost picture a young Eleanor of Aquitaine dressed in
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Speaker 2: a trailing gown, wandering dreamily in that shade before her wedding.
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Speaker 2: Your guide explains that you'll now be visiting a part
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Speaker 2: of the city that is closest to how it might
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Speaker 2: have been in Eleanor's time. The streets are narrower and
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Speaker 2: more winding than and they are paved with cobblestones. Some
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Speaker 2: of them would hardly be wide enough to allow a
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Speaker 2: car to pass. The names of the streets, too, evoke
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Speaker 2: their distant origins. Many are named for the professions that
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Speaker 2: were practiced along them. at a time when craftspeople and
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Speaker 2: merchants tended to cluster in their own districts and passages.
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Speaker 2: Take the charmingly named Street of the Three Candlemakers, for example.
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Speaker 2: Another case in point is the Street of the Silversmiths,
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Speaker 2: which Sean Mark leads you down now. It is a
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Speaker 2: long and narrow street lined with little storefronts and cafes.
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Speaker 2: You pass a tea house where a tempting aroma of
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Speaker 2: sweet tea and fresh bread wafts out. But for now,
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Speaker 2: you continue on. There will be time for refreshment later.
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Speaker 2: Some of the buildings have big archways with large roll-down
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Speaker 2: doors in them. You assume these must cover car garages
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Speaker 2: or delivery bays now, but you can imagine carriages driving
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Speaker 2: through them long ago These doors are painted bright teal,
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Speaker 2: deep green or royal blue, adding a colourful touch to
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Speaker 2: the facades of the stone buildings. And now, you turn
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Speaker 2: off this street into a narrow passageway to one side.
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Speaker 2: The passage is so slender. that you don't even think
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Speaker 2: you could call it a street. Its ground slants on
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Speaker 2: both sides towards its center to drain away rain or
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Speaker 2: other water. This alleyway transports your mind to a time
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Speaker 2: when cars weren't even dreamed of, a time when ordinary
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Speaker 2: people flitted on foot between the residences and shops of
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Speaker 2: the old city. You drift down the alley, turning and
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Speaker 2: turning again until you're heading for an opening up ahead.
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Speaker 2: Your guide explains that you'll now be visiting a medieval
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Speaker 2: church named for Saint Peter you follow him out into
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Speaker 2: a beautiful square. Here, the outdoor tables and chairs of
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Speaker 2: a cafe face the church opposite. The chairs are all
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Speaker 2: lined up neatly to face outwards, as they are at
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Speaker 2: so many sidewalk cafes in this part of the world.
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Speaker 2: The seats are arranged only on one side of each table,
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Speaker 2: all looking upon the square, ready for people watching. And indeed,
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Speaker 2: a number of cafe-goers sit there now, most of them
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Speaker 2: are casually observing the square and the people wandering through it.
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Speaker 2: Tiny cups of espresso sit in front of them. One
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Speaker 2: man is enjoying an extravagantly unfolded newspaper and a croissant.
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Speaker 2: A curl of steam drifts up from a mug in
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Speaker 2: front of him. You slowly walk around the church, admiring
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Speaker 2: its ornate exterior stained glass windows catch the late morning
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Speaker 2: sun shining on them. John Mark tells you that this
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Speaker 2: church dates back to the later Middle Ages, but a
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Speaker 2: sanctuary dedicated to Saint Peter was on the site much earlier,
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Speaker 2: as long ago as the 6th century. As you come
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Speaker 2: around the side of the church, you notice a shop
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Speaker 2: displaying a colourful jumble of wares in its window. A
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Speaker 2: junk shop, you'd call it, and one of the best
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Speaker 2: of its kind by the look of it. You glance
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Speaker 2: at your guide, who nods, indicating he'll wait while you
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Speaker 2: have a look around inside. you know that after this,
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Speaker 2: Jean-Marc will steer you to the perfect place for lunch
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Speaker 2: before you say goodbye to one another. It will not
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Speaker 2: be goodbye for long, however. You'll see your intriguing guide
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Speaker 2: again another day when you continue your explorations together. But first,
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Speaker 2: the fascinations of the little store await. You step through
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Speaker 2: the doorway into the slight coolness of the shop. There,
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Speaker 2: you pause for your eyes to adjust. The interior is
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Speaker 2: comparatively dim, at least after the bright sunlight. that flooded
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Speaker 2: the square behind you. As your vision adapts to the
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Speaker 2: artificial light, your first impression is one of abundance, a
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Speaker 2: profusion of textures, colors, and patterns surrounds you. Scars and
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Speaker 2: pennants From popular European football teams. Mingle with costume jewelry.
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Speaker 2: Tarnished silverware. And a pile of brass buttons. Antique knives.
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Speaker 2: And some kind of saber. Are displayed within a glass
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Speaker 2: case on the wall. And boxes inside. overflow with vintage
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Speaker 2: comic books yellowed with age. Even the fragrances are varied
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Speaker 2: and plentiful. The dry scent of stationery emerges out of
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Speaker 2: a box of black and white postcards from long ago.
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Speaker 2: A faint hint of ancient tobacco wafts up nearby. It
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Speaker 2: comes from a heap of pipes that vie for space,
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Speaker 2: with shaving brushes and tiny bottles in a miniature alcove.
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Speaker 2: A dignified and rather musty smell hangs around a still shiny,
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Speaker 2: fur coat, which is thick and soft underneath your fingers
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Speaker 2: as you brush them against it. And you catch a
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Speaker 2: trace of lavender as you lean in to examine an
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Speaker 2: intricately embroidered sachet pillow. The pillow is small and decorated
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Speaker 2: with curly Q's and minuscule flowers of lilac thread. You
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Speaker 2: allow your hands to drift into the box of postcards,
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Speaker 2: and you separate them gently, one by one, marveling at
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Speaker 2: the heft of the fine old paper they're printed on.
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Speaker 2: You stop at an image of this very square, St.
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Speaker 2: Peter's Church stands solidly in its middle, portrayed in black
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Speaker 2: and white. Time has caused the black ink to fade
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Speaker 2: into brown, and the white of the heavy paper to
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Speaker 2: turn yellow and then beige. It occurs to you that
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Speaker 2: these formerly opposite colors are growing closer with age. After
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Speaker 2: many years, both are now approaching a comfortable spectrum of
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Speaker 2: earthy tones. You look at the year printed in old
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Speaker 2: script in the corner. 1860. Despite the lack of colour,
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Speaker 2: The square in the image looks much as it does now.
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Speaker 2: The main difference is that the people traipsing across it
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Speaker 2: sport long skirts and top hats. Smoke curls above the
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Speaker 2: heads of the patrons at the cafe tables that look
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Speaker 2: quite like those you observed outside. You raise your head,
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Speaker 2: feeling far away as you're so calm. all the sensations
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Speaker 2: of this fabulous spot. You let the murmur of voices
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Speaker 2: and the swish of customers in and out of the
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Speaker 2: narrow doorway wash over you. The various aromas mingle and
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Speaker 2: float in and out of your consciousness. You can almost
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Speaker 2: feel the promise of discovery and awaiting treasures that surrounds you.
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Speaker 2: You breathe easily, gently as you tune into your senses.
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Speaker 2: you let in every element of your experience, welcoming it,
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Speaker 2: cherishing it, you treasure this place and this time, your
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Speaker 2: guide and this shop, the living and breathing people surrounding
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Speaker 2: you and those who came before the stories, the past,
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Speaker 2: and the future. But above all, the warm and welcome
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Speaker 2: present right here in Bordeaux. Thank you. Thanks for watching!
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Speaker 1: Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
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Speaker 2: Thank you for watching.
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Speaker 2: This is the first time I've ever seen this. This
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