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Chalon-sur-Saone Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Chalon-sur-Saone, France
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Not bad plonk!
Booked a site off the A6 en route to the south of france - again we are the youngest by about 20 years and Lauren is practically embryonic!The site is opp. some sort of manufacturing base but hey the pool is across the river and the wine is great in this ...
Day 7 - First water log
Day 7 – Arrive a Chalon sur Saone We braved yet another train and managed make it to our destination in Chalon, where we caught our bateau (boat). We walked the mile from the train station to the wharf (quai) where the boat was docked and waiting. ...
Day 8 There are no whines in the heart of Burgundy
... the other from Ontario, Canada. Overall, this was a very relaxing day. We had a lovely afternoon cruising down the Saone, seeing lots of swans, some cygnets, and the lock, shown in the accompanying picture. The pictures are a bit limited ...
Les Vignes, our base for winetasting
... you stick to that, it has gentle gradients and traverses countryside & vineyards. . There was a market day nearby at Chalon sur Saone on Sunday and we enjoyed the experience of another European market with fresh produce, on a grand scale. We ...
LA BELLE FRANCAIS
... ;s hit list, he’d wanted to try real French Beaujolais and there were plenty of vineyards offering tastings. We’d joined France Passion for €28, it is a club that offers any self-sufficient motor homers a spot to camp overnight free of ...
-2 and snow? Seriously?
... a chance of snow. with strong winds making windchill down to -6.or so weatherunderground said. The local forcast in the Marina here in Chalon sur Saone says it is only down to 6c. I hope its right. But Red is surprisingly warm. After a few days of cool ...
St Gengoux and Taize
... and the local differences. The buildings change from area to area and when we reach Burgundy the houses become those of 'Village France' - a coffee table book we peruse to cheer ourselves up in the grey Irish winter. I learn that there are 5 ...
Heading homeward
... get on promotional signage here of all the red spectrum colours fading and the result looking washed out and rather ordinary. I lobbed into Chalon mid afternoon and found the Saint Regis Hotel in the middle of town where it would be a good base to hoof ...
A day in Chalon sur Saone and the laundry
... off. We resorted to bacon and eggs on board and when the fog lifted we set out up the river. We headed directly for Chalon sur Saone, quite a large town where we hoped we could do some basic things like a load of washing. The Meaghers were also keen to ...
Heading south to the sun
... - and had lunch ( 3 hamburgers and frites, 1 soup, 3 beers and 1 red wine for €27) we set off again for Chalon-sur-Sarone. After pottering around on our way through the countryside at 4.00 pm having covered about 250ks we realised we would not reach ...
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