We got up early this morning to get to Beaune because we had read about the gourmet food market. We made two mistakes today that wont be repeated.
Because it was going to take two hours not using the toll roads and one hour on them we decided it would be about 10 euros and we would take the toll road. 100km later and a bill of 17.50 euros when it would have only been another hour of our time - which is fairly cheap at the moment. So no more toll roads no matter what!!
The second mistake was once again our coffee. We really like to sit at cafes and have a nice coffee and soak up the atmosphere of the places we are in and people watch (fascinating) but when you pay the equivalent of twelve nzd for a cr...p cup of coffee it hurts! So only Starbucks or McDonalds cafe are going to get us to buy a cup of coffee and really they are not great places to soak up any atmosphere - so perhaps we will have to drink wine instead!! Actually often a glass of wine is cheaper than a coffee here in France!
Anyway aside from that we had a great day. Beaune is a very photogenic little place - a walled city with fabulous shops. The French childrenswear shops are just so neat but so so expensive. They shut from 12.00 until about 3.00pm for their siesta so we walked back to the camper and had our lunch - we had lots of lovely bits and pieces from the gourmet food market (which actually wasn't worth rushing for!).
Then we had a lovely drive through the vineyards and then by canals. We are staying at a place called Vichy which the book said was within walking distance of a spa resort - but the people in the office don't speak good english and did not understand what I mean. Free Wifi here which is always great.
Lots of photos today of scenes from Beaune
Our parking spot in Beaune - only 500m from the centre.
Gourmet food market
This is a shoe shop - note the door in - very exclusive
Absolutely gorgeous toy shop
We wanted to bring this pedal car home however it was already sold and for 460 euros (about 900 nzd)! Just as well!
The French ladies like the Italians do know how to dress!
I do tend to walk into Geoff's pictures!
A table wine bottle holder
A wine tasting experience
The Notre Dame in Beaune
Roads like this - beautiful vineyards and chateaus
Passed beautiful canals
Love the autumn trees
Especially this brilliant red!
So pretty
Gorgeous!
