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Hotel Victor Hugo Dijon

23 rue des Fleurs Dijon, Burgundy, 21000, France

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Les Trois Glorieuses

A travel blog entry by chipandjoni

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... Joni, “How many runners do you think there are?” I looked more closely at the entry numbers pinned to their shirts. One high number read 2364?. Could that be right? Were there really over two thousand people in this race? Joni’s hands were looking raw and red from applauding, like maybe she had been running for miles on them!

One hour or so later, it looked like the final runners ...

Back To School and Armistice Day

A travel blog entry by chipandjoni

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... 8221;), and then marched back, past the town square to the town hall. Once in the courtyard of the town hall, everyone was invited into the building to “share a glass of friendship” (that means wine). This was a little after 11:00 am, by the way. We weren’t sure what we should do. Of course, we had already crashed a party in the town hall of Tours after the bike race in October, but we didn’t want to go in if ...

Differences

A travel blog entry by chipandjoni

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... son, so I went over and asked him if he’d like to see our pumpkin. When he saw it, he said, “I have heard about them, but I never saw one in person before!” Then his dad took pictures of him standing by it. There were no trick-or-treaters, although we did, oddly enough, see a couple of young ladies (ten or twelve years old) walking around in costumes in the afternoon. We have heard that businesses have tried to ...

“Crème de Cassis” & Signage

A travel blog entry by chipandjoni

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... Crème de Cassis with Apple Cider made in the Brittany and Normandy regions.

A “Communard” or “Cardinal” mixes together Cassis and RED wine. Joni had one of these at dinner last evening. Upon questioning by this reporter, our waitress explained to us that a “Cardinal” uses the proportions of one part Cassis and ten parts red wine. She then came back with two wine glasses filled part way with ...

Paris Visit and a little bit more…

A travel blog entry by chipandjoni

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... 8217;t found for two days. No thanks.

We also visited the Grand Palais, which is a beautiful glass-topped building, built for the Paris World Fair in 1897. It is now a building that houses temporary exhibitions. We were in luck: there was an exhibition of the art collected by Gertrude Stein and her brother, Leo. I knew that she had been an art collector, but had no idea that she had a collection like this. We saw ...