After our dinner last night - my favorite so far - I went for a stroll around Beaune and fell in love. It has that indefinable energy that speaks to me.
I set my alarm early and took another stroll. The market was coming alive while the streets remained quiet. I shopped for picnic supplies and got a good sized piece of cheese and two wonderful hunks of sausage.
I went back to the hotel and Chris was up so we had breakfast and packed before heading to Hotel Dieu. What a great building and tour. I loved the Flemish tapestries, tying my Belgium trips to this one via the Dukes of Burgundy.
We headed out after getting final picnic supplies and walked about 45 minutes before stopping for lunch: cheese, bread, sausage, and figs with wine. Delish.
Today's route was fairly well marked (or we have become used to the markings!) and there was not really any backtracking. It did start raining though and the end of the day was constant rain. I was loving my rain jacket and pants!
We took a small shortcut to Mersault at the end and crazily enough, ran into a small group of people we have seen every one of the psst 3 days! They came in to an intersection just as we did. This was crazy as we had seen them 1) on the street in Nuit Saint Georges, 2) in the restaurant at dinner that night, 3) at the chateau, 4) and on the street. We had a lovely chat before parting ways.
After settling in to the hotel, we went to dinner down the street. The first course came and Chris wrinkled her nose at her stinky dish but ate it like a trooper. I tasted it and ICK. Later she looked it up and it was tripe! Thankfully the rest was better!
We decided yo have a nightcap in our hotel lobby and lo and behold, our "friends" were dining in our hotel! What a weird small world, to keep crossing paths.
We may see them tomorrow, as we are all heading to Chagny!
I set my alarm early and took another stroll. The market was coming alive while the streets remained quiet. I shopped for picnic supplies and got a good sized piece of cheese and two wonderful hunks of sausage.
I went back to the hotel and Chris was up so we had breakfast and packed before heading to Hotel Dieu. What a great building and tour. I loved the Flemish tapestries, tying my Belgium trips to this one via the Dukes of Burgundy.
We headed out after getting final picnic supplies and walked about 45 minutes before stopping for lunch: cheese, bread, sausage, and figs with wine. Delish.
Today's route was fairly well marked (or we have become used to the markings!) and there was not really any backtracking. It did start raining though and the end of the day was constant rain. I was loving my rain jacket and pants!
We took a small shortcut to Mersault at the end and crazily enough, ran into a small group of people we have seen every one of the psst 3 days! They came in to an intersection just as we did. This was crazy as we had seen them 1) on the street in Nuit Saint Georges, 2) in the restaurant at dinner that night, 3) at the chateau, 4) and on the street. We had a lovely chat before parting ways.
After settling in to the hotel, we went to dinner down the street. The first course came and Chris wrinkled her nose at her stinky dish but ate it like a trooper. I tasted it and ICK. Later she looked it up and it was tripe! Thankfully the rest was better!
We decided yo have a nightcap in our hotel lobby and lo and behold, our "friends" were dining in our hotel! What a weird small world, to keep crossing paths.
We may see them tomorrow, as we are all heading to Chagny!
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