DijonJul 2, 2011
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We Enter Dijon
Medieval Architecture
Old Dijon
| July 2, 2011 Our Saturday was planned for a day trip to Dijon, 75 kms away. Susann took a chance and, for the first time, left Dylan for an extended period of time with her mother, pleased that Rosmarie’s eye infection had gone away and she was no longer contagious. It took some time to get underway as some of us were still feeling the effects of the previous night’s wine. The trip to Dijon was another pleasant drive through the countryside of fields of various grains and sunflowers, interrupted every 7-8 kms with another small picture postcard village. Our arrival into Dijon was like entering any modern European city but in no time James had us parked in the medieval core near the Saturday market and shopping. We enjoyed a chilled pitcher of the local Dijonais cider (“cidre”) at a sidewalk café beside an ancient carrousel, as we planned our attack on the shops. The day had started out cool but was warming up as Brenda, Penny and Susann hit the shops while James and I toured the streets looking at the old buildings and young women. We met up with the girls at our planned rendezvous in a café specializing in crêpes, which we enjoyed along with some more cider. The girls had found some good sales and made some fine purchases along the way. The car was mighty warm when we returned to our parking spot and, after a quick grocery shopping stop, everyone but James was nodding off on our return trip. We took a slightly different route back to Fouvent but the scenery was no less striking. James and Rosmarie made a fantastic dinner of rosti with veal and mushroom sauce which we savoured along with some fine French wine. The night was finished off with another fire pit and early bedtime. |
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