Langres

Heading ever further south, another driving day but we are now south of Lyons and nearly at the coast.

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September 4th 2013
Today we chose to drive a more scenic route. One which took us through acres of vineyards of the Burgundy region. We avoided the motorways and instead used the N roads which go through the middle of towns, sometimes hitting mini traffic jams but these just give us chance to look around. We started from Langres, a fortified town on top of a hill and, according to the number of heavy trucks we ... read more

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