Clucking for Jesus

It's odd but the churches in Burgundy all have chickens on the vanes crowning the steeples, including the one outside our window last night. I was awakened (as was Chris) by the bell gonging at 7 am. It went on and on.

After breakfast and packing, we were off.... to the wine shop next door. I bought one bottle, dropped it back in my bag, and we were off again -after a stop at the bakery.

view while walking

The route was fine going out of town but eventually made a steep climb up. After reaching the top it was flat for a while, then after s great deal of analysis and discussions we headed down to Blagny. Chris was very anxious to know exactly where we were while I was certain we were fine even if not exactly where we thought. In the end it was all good, but interesting to note our different approaches.

sculpture in Puligny-Montrachet

We walked to Puligny-Montrachet and stopped in a caveau to taste wine. The guy spoke to us in French and at our blank looks, asked in American English "Is English better?" We both wanted to kiss him! He was great, fun to chat with and informative. We bought some of his wine which he offered to drop at our hotel _yes! He also gave us lots of local tips.

Based on  his tips and the map, we ditched our route and made our own. It was much flatter!

love the cheeecken!

We got to our hotel in Chagny just before our wine - our new friend brought it up to our room! He also recommended the place we went for dinner, which was amazing.

Between the wine delivery and dinner we saw and chatted with our "stalkers" who are staying in our hotel! We got piccies with them. Ha!

We also got piccies with the chicken sculpture in the square. We had to after seeing one on every church!

This was our last day of walking. Tomorrow we head to Paris, stay the night, then return home.