Hugotel Nord Dijon

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 ...

... town in search of dinner. Although the Bungundian cuisine was tempting, the sticker price of 25 Euro was enough to detour us. We instead found a lovely little Pizzeria with a cozy terrace, yummy food, and reasonable prices.

The next morning, we walked into town to visit the hospital, "Hotel Dieu". It is actually a medieval hospice, but they use the word "hospital" so as not to turn off any skittish ...

... Ric********firmed that he was happy that the new towel would manage his girth!!!!

Whilst returning to our luxury accomodation Kev and Richard somehow took another wrong turn and ended up in the land of the giants, accompanying pictures we feel will tell the story, however lets just say there was a napelion complex going on.

Returning to the room we woke Rip van winkle, showered and went of for a traditional French meal at the Taj Mahal.

The journey from Dunkirk went well. Soon we were on the A25 to Lille and soon enough after on the A26 to Reims; the miles smoothed away. We stopped occasionally at services - which the French do better than anyone else - and came off the motorway for a short while at Chalons en Champagne to fill up more cheaply. This little excursion was made especially interesting by a brief attempt on my part to drive on the left - it ...

... bus actually rolled UP a hill, a strange quirk that the area is famous for and have had numerous 'Believe it or Not' shows come out to film it. Sampled 4 different wines at another vineyard and then returned to Beaune where we wandered around and ate icecreams. Went back to Dijon that night and ate at the same Italian restaurant. I had spinach and ricotta tortellini with gorgonzola and saffron sauce. Mr S, Manacoretti with ham and tomato.

... d'énergie à tenir que tout le reste, une manif à 10 mais 24/24. J'arrive pas encore, et pourtant ça fait longtemps que j'y pense, à en cerner les possibilités et les limites. On ouvre des espaces, manifs ou squats, le Rhizome ou peut-être bientôt un village autogéré écolo-féministe à St-Henri, mais on y fait quoi ? Est-il possible de créer une nouvelle subjectivité à l'intérieur de l'ancienne ? Une fatigue, un doute... il y a trop longtemps que je n'ai ...

... course chocolate, beer, french fries, waffles, and mussles and fries, and also escargot if that's your thing. I'm sure there's others, but those are the only Belgian famous foods that I know of. There are chocolate stores on every corner in Brussels which is a good thing for us chocolateholics out there, but for the good, real Belgian chocolate, I'd say stay away from the shops in Grande place and near Mannekin ****, because that's all touristy stuff, and the touristy ...

... ve found the students to be generally friendly, saying "bonjour" or "bonsoir" when they pass me. They don't see too open to longer conversations just yet, but I'm working on it. Today we had group orientation. Dijon is surprisingly big-about the size of Dayton with really unique architecture, especially because of the colorful, patterned roofs. I was really excited to come across the local open air market...there are sooo many people bustling around in the midst ...

... en*m korr*liku turisminduseg* tegeled*. Õnneks leidsime ühe poe, mis p*kkus kõikvõim*likku Dijo**** vähegi seotud j* mitteseotud nänni, millest turistid võiksid huvit*tud oll*. Näiteks võib om*nd*d* inglisekeelse r**m*tu Pr*ntsusm** juustude koht* 31€ eest. Seev*stu võiv*d pr*ntsl*sed s*m* r**m*tu pr*ntsusekeelse v*ri*ndi ost* 18€ eest. Aus mäng, huh? R pid*s v*j*likum*ks ost* hoopis kirsi- j* oliivim*itselist sinepit ning jällegi ühe Crème de C*ssis’.