We just spent a long weekend in Beaune in the Burgundy region of France - only a 3 hour drive from Zürich. When we first arrived, we thought that Lukas might be reaching travel-saturation - he was completely whiney, didn't want to leave our hotel and refused to walk anywhere. Ugh. Unfortunately we also didn't have his stroller with us - so we had to schlepp him through town on our shoulders. Luckily, after a 2 hour nap back at the hotel, he later was back to being a good little travel companion. Good thing - because his good manners were really put to the test as we experienced the quintessential 2+ hour dinner that night! We were the typical Americans, I guess, waiting on the sidewalk for a table the minute that they opened for dinner at 7pm. Although, we still didn't get seated till nearly 7:30.
Our bistro was outside on a square with lots of people watching & distractions. Plus, Beaune was having a musical festival so there were bands playing throughout the town for added entertainment. Still, the dinner felt long for us too since Lukas just learned to rhyme that day. Our dinner "conversation" was: "Do you see that dog by the log? ha-ha" "hey, don't eat my pork off your fork! ha-ha"....and so on and so on..... Dinner was delicious, though, and both Lukas & I tried escargot for the first time:
No problem trying the snails, but wasn't all that impressed (nor was I).
But the real reason we were in Burgundy was to go biking throught the vineyards. We had both a bikeseat & trailer for Lukas. He was a happy camper & the trailer also came in handy for the wine that we bought along the way.
Gearing up for our ride
Just starting out....
The bike route took us through this pretty garden lane in Pernand Vergelesses
Most of the route was on designated bike paths or very small country roads with few cars.
Umm....adding a little crispness to the 2008 vintage.
On our last day, we toured L'Hotel-Dieu, a hospital built in 1443 for the poor after the devastation of the plague. Sounds kind of odd, I know, but it turned out to be interesting and impressive.
Rob & Lukas in the courtyard of L'Hotel Dieu
We finished up our trip with lunch on the square in Beaune and one last ice cream/tart/coffee break - a perfect ending for a really nice trip. Maybe we can still squeeze in one more wkd to France.......
Baguette lunch on the square in Beaune
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