Notre Dame Dijon

W& J got up early this morning and had breakfast whilst R & I were still snoozing (R likes her bed - if you don't already know) woke up to the rain. Bikes were in underground car park so thought it would be a cool load up - how wrong we were!! We had paid for the parking through the hotel - W & J ticket did not validate, so we decided …

... where Alex and Josh pretended to be KamaSutra statues. -HOTEL DE VOGUE, with the colored roof and the exhibition of photos inside. -NOTRE DAME Church, with the Gargoyle’s façade and the stone Owl  -PLACE FRANCOIS RUDE, the little square with ...

... and in some cases they look very out of place on the cathedral, rather than adding to the cathedrals beauty. Dijon also has a Notre Dame, which was built in the 13th century and its beautiful façade is covered with rows of false gargoyles. After our ...

... Abandoning all pretense of following Google directions we dive once more into the fray and finally find the prize - yet another Notre-Dame-de-Something-or-Wherever. Getting back, though, is harder. I have Google directions to get to the church ...

... were at a castle, at least when you get lost here you find great things. Such as yesterday here in Dijon when we inadvertantly found Notre Dame! Heading North out of Provence into the western edge of the Rhone Alps, the weather turned foul. Having had ...

... where 19 year old Joan of Arc was burned at the stake in the cool Norman town of Rouen, which also has a huge gothic Notre Dame cathedral (frequently painted by Monet), not too dissimilar from the Parisian one. - the D-day beaches. We spent a few ...

... 'ne comme ça pendant près de trois heures, parcourant les quatre coins du centre-ville, passant devant la cathédrale Saint-Jean, Notre-Dame de Dijon (avec sa chouette en pierre qui porte chance), les Halles, la Place de la République, le musée Rude, ...

We slept in until 11 and had lunch and coffee.  We walked around the city of Dijon and saw the Notre Dame Cathedral of Dijon. It was a gothic styled cathedral with an extreme amount of gargoyles on one side. It was a bit too much in my opinion, I guess ...

... us around everywhere.  i thought that the Cathedral de Notre Dame was only in Paris.  i guess every town/city in France has a Notre Dame Cathedral (stands for church of our lady), the one in Paris is just the most famous.  we saw the one ...

... on foot to see the city. We managed to pass no less than 3 churches until we found the one we were looking for - yet another Notre Dame! This time it was the outside we were interested in, more specifically a carving in the stone of a small owl which has ...

... I am going to hate Paris.  I hve really become a small city girl.  We went to the old part of Dijon.  Carved on the side of the Notre Dame church is a small owl.  Legend is if you rub it with your left hand it will bring you ...