Blogs from Burgundy, France, Europe

After being stung at the hotel for breakfast, we were at the meeting spot for our url=https://www.headout.com/versailles-palace-tickets/palace-of-versailles-tour-with-skip-the-line-access-e-6173/Versaille Palace Guided Tourat 9am. There was only four of us on the English tour, so we started off at Versaille palace to meet the guide. Our Tour started with the Kings 8 room suite, then to the hall of mirrors and then finishing with the queens 8 room suite. As with our Blog for the Vatican, every room was so lavishly decorated with paintings on the walls and frescos on the ceiling that the sensors became overloaded and numb to the beauty of the subsequent rooms. Except for the "wannabe Models" who dressed up and in the queens chambers decided they should have the whole room for their impromptu fashion shoot. Once we exited the main building and farewelled ... read more

TOUR 3 – La France – FRI, 08 JUL 2022 – “Day 14: LYON–DIJON - LYON Private cruise on the Rhône and Sâone Rivers with a Local Guide. Free time to walk through the Old Town; DIJON Orientation walk and free time. (B); 124 mi / 200 km”... read more

We woke to a dull, wet morning. The manager of the apartment was to meet us at 10 AM to return our 200E security deposit. As I mentioned before, it was very difficult communicating with her as she spoke next to no English and we next to no French. She did not appear by 10 and we were getting worried because we had to travel by Metro to the train station to travel to Beaune. After a bumbling phone call, which we hoped she understood that we were waiting for her,she arrived. She was all hunched over wearing a scarf around her head. She looked very different than the woman we had met on Friday. She handed us the money and we tried to find out what had happened to her. We discerned from gestures and ... read more

Had an easy exit out of Lyon as it was Saturday morning...3hrs after stopping off in a small village for a quick bite....baguette of course...they are so yummy! That is something the French do very well...bread meaning baguettes or French sticks. Dijon very nice town and our Hotel Wilson was right on the perimeter of the old town....Hotel Wilson is a very old stone hotel...done up nicely...but no air con had to do with a fan...it has been so hot....in the 30s most of the time. Of course set off walking to see all the sites...there is a huge plaza in the middle of the old town.....one of several in Dijon....the plaza was a great spot for happy hour and people watching and watching kids play in the fountains as it was so hot! Our first ... read more

We had a genuine sleep in today. We had packed the night before, had a taxi booked for 10am, so there was time to kill. Breakfast was coffee and croissants at the Friends Cafe nearby, and we were on our way to Gare de Lyon . The trip through mid morning Parisian traffic is a nightmare and the 16€50 for the taxi was worth the cost. There are roadworks and detours everywhere and I wasn’t interested in trying to negotiate the public transport system . Gare de Lyon is a regal stone building perched above the Marais District, and one of the best restaurants in Paris is at the station. I had read about it in a Melbourne newspaper and wanted to see it when we were leaving for Dijon. It is like a trip back ... read more