Hotel des Allees Dijon

... a frozen picture that doesn't require speaking). The girls there were all very nice and tried their best to explain things in english for me although they only know a little bit. Then i caught the bus by myself for the way back. Which is the first time i have ever done that, and definately the first time in another country and so i was quite proud of myself =) but God was definately looking after me =)
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... in Dijon i went straight to Marie's house and we ate lunch. During lunch i was spoken to in a lot of French and it was very difficult for me to reply and understand. I did mange to understand a fair bit though but now the family talk to me in franglais ( french and english ^^). Because some things are just too hard for me to understand in French and so the family explains in english which is good.
After i was shown around the beautiful appartment i went with ...

... really got what, but it all tasted good.

Our trip to Burgundy would not be complete without a stop in Nuit-St. George, where we again employed the "look for the sign of whoever is open" tactic and were not dissapointed. We got to try some excellent Pinot, C******nay, and even some Aligote (a white that they mix with Creme de Cassis for an aperitif) from some of the local producers.
Now its up to Champagne!

After Angela spent the weekend with my mom, Linda, and I in London her mom was nice enough to extend an invitation to me to go to wine country with them for a weekend trip. Beaune was our destination, located in the burgundy wine region of France. In France will not see wine labeled by the type of grapes used (i.e. Merlot, Cabernet, etc.) instead they are labeled by region (i.e. Bordeaux, Bourgogne, etc.). Angela's mom and her cousin Tracy had already been in and around ...

I only stayed for one night here because there was nothing in particular that I wanted to see, I just came to see what it was like. I caught the train back to Paris and had to use a different train station because Paris has several, all of which have trains going to certain places. My metro ticket should have expired but the other morning it had worked so I tried it again. After a couple of goes it was accepted, Yes! Machines can be foiled, and then 'stole' my way to Gare De ...

13th July 09

Neinburg Weser

After a delightful week with my cousin Marilys and her husband Gerd at their lovely home in niemburg being shown places we would never have found without them - the painted church at Marklohe where Gerd had been Pastor, the great stone at Staatsforst Krahe, the palace at Celle, the blueberry (hfarm and cafe at Brokeloh where we enjoyed the unlikely combination of a type of potato rosti/pancake with blueberry sauce ...

... my souvenirs in a secure place, and repacked my suitcase with warmer clothes since I would be traveling tomorrow to Strasbourg and shortly after, Paris. By the time I decided to go to bed, it was very late but boy was I ready to sleep; I had had a long, tiresome train journey from Nice to Dijon, and now I was going to go through another long train trip the next day, but I was ready to continue my Christmas vacation.

... our own room was a nice break. Of course, it wasn't a nice room at 28 Euros a night but the view was good and outside of a bed, what exactly do you need a nice room for? It even had this weird wash basin in place of a toilet in the room, I don't know exactly what it was for but I guarentee you I wasn't washing my face in it. Our first night we went super cheap and had salami and crackers and cheese for about 5 euros total so our spending that day was in ...

... of houses and 'La Marie'. Sometimes linked to a school where presumably the headmaster can perform such a role. It shouldn't be forgotten that they also have authority outside the village and into the surrounding countryside where they deal with planning applications and other such bureaucratic exercises. As I still had Euros, I chose a campsite in Gex, but a 21.00 the office closed is closed. I found the owner who happily obliged my ...

... and shops of the centre and a minature Arc de Triomphe. We entertained ourselves mainly at the markets, in fnac listening to Frenchie CDs, being fascinated by a monkey on a carousel (??), and at Flunch listening to ...