Giselle and Guy are a lovely couple and very warm with good hearts. I personally am terrible at speaking French; however, they were so patient and encouraging in teaching me the language. Gisele is a former French teacher afterall. Guy really wanted to better his English and I my French so we taught each other some for the week that I stayed.
There is a bus stop about a 4 minute walk away. You can then reach the city center in about 30-40 minutes. To get to the University of Bordeaux area, it will take you on average 1 hour and 20 minutes by first taking the bus then connecting to the tram line.