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Les Trois Glorieuses
... barrel so you could see the action inside.
Our tour of the caves ended in a large room converted into a performance venue. A small stage had been erected along with a sound system, compact stage lighting and benches for the audience. Two jazz groups performed- the first had a flute, trio of guitars and bass. The second was a quintet of drum set, bass, keyboards, tenor sax and alto sax. The keyboard player ...
Back To School and Armistice Day
... 8217;t. Yet, we really wanted to get inside this building, which is gorgeous on the outside. Finally, I got up the nerve to ask someone if it would be alright if we came in, and explained that we were Americans living in Meursault. The gentleman replied, “As Americans, you especially should join us”. We went in, and were offered glasses of wine. Interestingly, the wine was German, made in Rudesheim, the sister city to ...
Differences
... for their livelihood – it is a career for them, and they are paid a living wage.
When you sit down at a restaurant, there is a plate with an artfully folded napkin on it. Then, when you order, they take the plate away. They will bring you the silverware you need for your particular entrée (that’s the first course – it could be a salad, it could be ham with parsley, it could be eggs poached in – ...
“Crème de Cassis” & Signage
... 57 years for drinkers of water; 70 years for drinkers of wine. You decide.”
Postscript- Dinner last night in Beaune. No “Rouge Gorge” at the restaurant we were at. The search will have to continue. Did hear a saxophone player attempting some jazz with “Music Minus One” recordings. He looked a little like an older Captain Jean Luc Picard. Wish I could have beamed him a better reed and a ...
Paris Visit and a little bit more…
... mass graves. Disease was spreading, and it was decided to move all of the bones from the cemeteries of Paris into these underground quarries.
This was all done after dark with solemn ceremony, and the bones were organized in the catacombs according to the cemetery they came from. Bones were placed there until 1814. By the way, in July three inebriated visitors got lost down there (which you would really have to do on purpose) ...


