{"id":157,"date":"2012-06-14T20:16:35","date_gmt":"2012-06-15T00:16:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/?p=157"},"modified":"2015-03-15T16:32:47","modified_gmt":"2015-03-15T20:32:47","slug":"day-7-beaune-france-thursday-june-14-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/?p=157","title":{"rendered":"Day 7: Beaune, France – Thursday, June 14, 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was a beautiful, sunny, and warm day for walking around Dijon<\/a>.\u00a0 We found the city centre, and a parking spot, which was a feat because of all the one-way streets.\u00a0 Then, we found the Bureau d\u2019Information for a city map (because we learned our lesson in Beaune last week).\u00a0 There was a well-defined walking tour on the map that worked well.\u00a0 After awhile, we realized that we were following the little chickens in the sidewalk\/road – backwards – so it was easier to keep track of where we were supposed to be going, thus easier to take pictures without having to look at the map.\u00a0 (I have no idea what the chickens represent.)<\/p>\n

\"070<\/a><\/p>\n

The architecture in Dijon is much more like the buildings in Paris.\u00a0 And, the older section is not so delineated from the rest of the city, as it is in Beaune.<\/p>\n

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We indulged, once more, in chocolate eclairs, because we could.<\/p>\n

\"Eclairs<\/a><\/p>\n

Getting out of the city was easier than getting into it.\u00a0 Where we took the direct route into Dijon, we opted to take the back roads home, of course.\u00a0 A little later, we pulled over at a picnic area in Fixin and ate the baguette snacks we had with us, while gazing out at vineyards as far as the eye could see.<\/p>\n

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The route we continued on took us through Gevrey-Chambertin<\/a>, a village we had marked on the map to return to.\u00a0 So we did.\u00a0 It is a charming place, a little larger and busier than Villers-la-Faye, complete with a few restaurants, a small grocery store, a bank, a few shops, several wine producers, and a pig.\u00a0 We enjoyed a glass of wine on the sidewalk, and watched the locals go about their business.<\/p>\n

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Having already decided to eat out tonight, Steve chose the Auberge de Coteau in Villars Fontaine<\/a>, a lovely place recommended in the list of eateries by our cottage owners.\u00a0 This village is only about 10 minutes away and, as usual, the drive to get there was “interesting”.\u00a0 The last minute looked like we were driving up someone\u2019s driveway – there was no way 2 cars could have passed without both cars putting their passenger tires into the grass!\u00a0 The restaurant was old and quaint, and we had a fabulous meal.\u00a0 Steve had almost a repeat of what he ate Monday night – Ham Persille, Boeuf Bourgignon, a cheese plate, and Creme Br\u00fbl\u00e9e.\u00a0 I had the house Terrine, Steak Tartare, and Lemon Sorbet.\u00a0 This has been the only meal in France where they\u2019ve served large portions.\u00a0 I couldn\u2019t finish all of mine and they don\u2019t do doggie bags (I hate wasting food!).\u00a0 By all rights, we shouldn\u2019t be hungry for another 2 days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It was a beautiful, sunny, and warm day for walking around Dijon.\u00a0 We found the city centre, and a parking spot, which was a feat because of all the one-way streets.\u00a0 Then, we found the Bureau d\u2019Information for a city Read More …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-beaune","category-france"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=157"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":523,"href":"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157\/revisions\/523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maureensmusings.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}