Day Four Beaune in the Burgandy Region

Day four: Going to Beaune


Today started early. Our room in our charming little hotel faced the street. They started emptying garbage cans around 5:00 AM. Of course, we both woke up and started the day. The best way I can describe the bathing situation is to say that it was a tub/shower. There was a tub, and a hand held shower nozzle, but there was no shower curtain. The best we could do was to squat in the tub, and spray our bodies. Larry had to help me rinse my hair, which was hysterical. I washed my hair before I realize that the blow-dryer was really a vacuum cleaner hose (see pix). (I forgot to mention that the first day in Stuttgart I turned my hair dryer on and it immediately burned out).
We then began the drive to Beaune. The toll booths were exciting. I kept seeing the word “pèage” and said to Larry, “I wonder what that means.” I finally looked it up in my Rick Steves’ book and found out it means “toll.” $20.10 later we arrived in Beaune.
We finally arrived at La Villa Fleurie, a cute 10 room hotel. We took our bags in and headed for the center of town. We toured the Hotel Dieu, a medieval charity hospital that is now a museum. This was an incredible experience.
Next we were off to view the wine country and Château de la Rochepot. Driving through the little towns was very nerve-racking. The streets were only large enough for one car (barely) and the little alleys were only big enough for bikes (or so it seemed). I had my eyes shut the whole time…

We also thought the weather would be New England, but turned into South Carolina “hot”.

Dinner was where I shine (Larry) with my French…..I picked up what I thought was the wine list and the (it was desert) the waitress said “Non” and jerked it away from me so I asked for the wine list - she ignored me. I asked in my best French for tap water, courtesy of Rick Steves, she said “Non” tastes bad. I finally got the wine list and I am by no means good at French Wines, but I picked out a nice red wine, reasonably priced and our waitress said, you guessed it, “Non” this is better so we had this and it was good.

Well it has been a long fun day, but tomorrow is a new town……..(can’t spell it)

Cheers
Larry and Dr. Gail

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