Le Pre Aux Dames
Travel Blogs from Nuits-Saint-Georges
Thal, Terrugem per Velo
... die Burgunder Weinberge zu fahren. Nach einem wechselhaften Tag (Die schöne Phase neigt sich schonwieder dem Ende zu), war ein ausgiebiges Abdendessen inkl. Pinot Noir aus dem Rebberg nebenan genau das Richtige. Als uns dann der lokale Förster von Nuits-St-Georges anbot bei ihm im Haus zu übernachten und uns sogar mitsamt Velos in seinem Büssli dahin zu transportieren, nahmen wir dankend an. Es gab ein langer Abdend mit viel Wein und ausgiebige Erzählungen aus ...
Fancy kayaking in 3c and sleet? In the Rhone?
... stop raining. But The temps are around 3c now and we have had a (very) brief flurry of snow. We also had sleet, hail , rain and cold wind from the north. So yeah. The 13euro fan heater I bought in spain has worked overtime. Red is toasty warm. The Aboriginals in Oz have a sytem of forecasting that says whatever the weather is on the first day of the new moon is the weather for the month. A slightly simplistic system that works quite well in ...
-2 and snow? Seriously?
... more important. It is fuel for the soul. Which is why I have added a new piece to the food triangle we all learned in school. Its called soul food. It is as neccesary as the meat section or the cereals and should be right alongside the oils and fats section. Anything that makes you feel good, falls into this catagory. Absolutely anything as long as you dont eat to much of it will do you as much good for your soul as a 6 km run. Soul food. Try some ...
Leaving Meursault For New Adventures
... She and her husband are Jewish. Last year I asked her if her parents came to Belgium from the Netherlands to escape the Nazis. I never actually got the answer to that question, but instead I got a very moving story.
Both of Judith’s parents were taken to concentration camps, and both survived. Her mother found a small hole in the wall of the building she was in and managed to escape through the hole and out of the camp ...
Typical Days in the Cote d’Or, and Blewbeek
... that was starting to be restored. That’s when I happened onto neat Discovery-2 for the day. It was a beautiful 3-D representation of a knight named Guy de Thil on his tomb. He supposedly (because they are not sure!), had made a donation to found the priory in 1190. This striking representation of him just sits in peace in the church.
We looked at the map and found two other features we thought we had time to ...