Blogs from Dijon, Burgundy, France, Europe - page 5

We took a train from Paris to Dijon to spend some time in the country and maybe do a wine tour, biking etc. Like Paris, we decided to camp here also. Dijon is a small town, but still like any other European town, there were buses to get to the campsite, though it was not very far from main station. We stayed at Camping du Lac Kir. Unfortunately the day we landed there, it was cloudy and rainy. Our initial plans of going on a long biking trip were washed out. Also Rahul had got himself sick, so no real outdoor activity possible. On the first day, we just camped, walked around the town, had some good and bad food. By chance, we ended up at a very interesting restaurant. It was themed like a library ... read more

bonjour mes amis I am working from a computer with a european keyboard, so please excuse the typos I am at the half-way point of my trip with respect to both time and location; I'm currently in the city dijon. it is a beautiful medieval city; but it is quiet and quaint, a much differnt atmosphere from the bustling streets of paris. I am staying in the old dijon part of the city, everything looks like it was built in the 1600s, at it probably was. I would compare it with backpacking in nigara on the lake or In Bruges; great for couples on a weekend holiay, but not as backpacker friendly as staying in a large city. To my knowledge there is only one hostel in the city; which i stayed away from due to ... read more

Day 3 Drove to town of Chablis - coffee on terrace, bought good picnic stuff. Alan led a mystery tour of premier cru vineyards - even though he didn't know where he was going either. Ended up in a wine makers in Chablis and bought some Petit Chablis that tasted good. Onto autoroute as time needs to be managed. Picnic site on autoroute was great - lovely wood and clean loos. Checked in to a French equivalent of Premier Inn but with a pool - at Marsannay La Cote near Dijon. Reverted to basic food as we are all gourmeted out!! Day 4 Still in Marsannay la Cote. Visited sunday market and bought lovely produce to eat later. Visited Dijon which is a lovely city in spite of what the rough guide says. Just had to ... read more

It was 10pm on Friday night, as suddenly I had the itch to plan a last minute trip. Pulling up a map, I saw that Dijon--capital of all things mustard--was only a 15 euro ticket away (and that's round trip!) The next morning (yesterday), Cyntia and Tricia and I hopped on the TGV to go explore this famous city. I was especially excited to leave our own region of Franche-Comte for that of Burgundy, known for it's Boeuf Burguignon, Coq au Vin, escargots, and excellent wine. After only an hour on the train we reached the Dijon station and began our adventure. As it was lunch time, we decided to eat before doing anything else, so we found a lovely little restaurant right next to the Dijon Cathedral. I had lapin moutarde (rabbit with a creamy ... read more

What was up for the long weekend of 21 May to 24? Rock climbing shinadigs thats what. Me, Dan, Jen, Mark and Paul all went for a ride from Amsterdam to url= http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&q=58700+Nolay,+Ni%C3%A8vre,+Burgundy,+France&sll=41.574875,-2.336655&sspn=0.138691,0.379028&g=nolay&ie=UTF8&cd=2&geocode=FZQDzwId3rEyAA&split=0&ll=47.12341,3.34465&spn=0.063073,0.189514&z=12 Nolay in Dan's car. It took as a little over 7 hours to get to our campsite, combined with rain and very little help in English when asking for directions. Needless to say we found the campsite and managed to set up camp in relatively dry conditions. We went for a quick climb in Cormot - I did a route on top rope - a 5a but didn’t get a chance to complete it - which I was a bit worried about - I hope this wasn’t how the rest of the weekend was going to be like. It started to rain after ... read more