Hotel des Cymaises
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And a few days at Ancien Resto
... over to spend the afternoon with Tiz and to get her advice on a big mail-out I was doing for Ancien Resto.
I thought I'd have a quiet Monday before returning to London on Tuesday, but at 10.00 there was a knock on the door and it was the man coming to deliver my load of firewood. I didn't remember ordering it, but then the mayor turned up and said he'd seen my car and realised I was in residence and had told the man to deliver..... ...
Great War Monuments
... the same grave message I am left with when I walk to the brow of the hill and see the listed names - each life remembered has such a short duration. The number of names etched into the stone --year by awful year with its own section-- tells me more about the extent of loss than all the statistics complied in the history ...
Goat Cheese Maker
Making our way through the heart of Burgundy included a stop today at a small farm in the hills above the canal. A couples who we visited raise approximately 100 goats and produce a variety of cheeses for the local market and some Paris restaurants (approx 300 km distant). We toured the barn and attached cheese-making shop with our guide, Laura, who began by explaining that September ...
Goat Cheese Maker
... rutting season - three male goats will impregnate as many of the 95 females as possible to begin the cycle. In February the kids are born and milking the adult females starts in March. Goat cheeses are made distinctive by the type of molds used to form the starter combination of milk, rennet and salt. Some varieties are coated with ash to inhibit or encourage the growth of specific ...
Medieval castle at Chateunuef
We had the chance to tour a partially preserved castle today that dates from the 14th century. The dry moat, drawbridges and slit windows are all what you expect from structures of this period but the stories of the guide were something else. One story, as an example, involved the practice performed by the lord and lady prior to them retiring to their (separate) beds at night. It seems that the general hygiene practices at the time were nothing like the ways used today and ...
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Other places to stay in Semur-en-Auxois
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Hotel du Lac
10, Rue du Lac , Semur-en-Auxois | Hotel -
Hotel de la Cote d'Or
1, rue de la Liberte, Semur-en-Auxois | Hotelfrom $139
