France 101 - Beaune - Chocolates, cakes , lovely gardens and a cracking municipal site
May 16th 2016 Steadily heading north we finally bit the bullet and rang Eurotunnel. We got a crossing for Thursday at 1.19 which gives us a day to get to Beaune and visit the town, another day to get a few hours from Calais and a short hop, skip and a jump on Thursday morning for the train . £43 paid that was the easy bit. The hard bit was trying to contact them. The British number would not work neither
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Although ultimately a victor in World Wars I and II, France suffered extensive losses in its empire, wealth, manpower, and rank as a dominant nation-state. Nevertheless, France today is one of the most modern countries in the world and is a leader am... ... read more 
