Ibis Arquebuse Dijon

... platform until 15 minutes before and my train was very long, it took almost five minites to get to the last carriage. It was the secnd TGV train I have been on (the first was from Luxembourg to Paris. They are the fastest trains in the world. I have been told that the most recent trial had the train travelling faster than a plane (however the rails couldn't handle it).
From Paris to Dijon it only tok an hour and a half, the Ice trains in Germany would have taken at least ...

... There must be nearly half a mile of free car parking on route to the centre. Violent thunderstorms and dramatic sheet lightning during the night.

22nd July 09 Gurgy 47.51'49.2"N 3.33'15.1"E

On route to Auxerre we spotted this aire. It is a lovely spot on the banks of the Yonne and we intend stopping a couple of days. We could easily have walked to a bar in the evening but the bike was unloaded ready for a trip to Auxerre tomorrow so ...

... 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 ...

... of a young virginal Kev who had not experienced such nightly actitivies before.
The first at the helm was Rich who with expert double d-cluthing gently stroked the tutti
frutti of the accelerator pedel and teased the engine throttling the life out the 998cc
much to the concern of Kev. IN full forseto tones Kev was heard to exclaim "dont break it
don't break it.......I not had a go yet". Finally all of Kev's dreams were fulfilled as
Dijon, Burgundy, France minipooper

... from Troyes to Dijon and just beyond to Beaune seemed, as I'd feared it would, to go on forever. There was some dramatic weather with torrential rain just north of Dijon, which at least took the heat out of the day for a while - it had been very very hot in the depths of the afternoon... But at last we pulled into Beaune and soon spotted a 'Camping' sign; it was easy to track the site down. 'Cent Vignes' is municipally ...

... that there was someone walking a litle too close to us. Out of the corner of my eye I noticed that there was. Good thing Mati and I were holding hands. I slightly tugged on his hand in a subtle attempt to move away from this person and let them pass us. Well this prick noticed my action, walked right up to us, and started yelling at us. I understood most of it, as my French is starting to come back a little. The only thing I remember ...

... and drink wine and play cards and just enjoy pleasant company. This is our kitchen. Quaint and wonderful, isnt it? And this is me making pancakes! We love our kitchen! So this was my first entry! Phew! Coming soon: Istanbul: City of Dreams Until then, be well and know that I love you!

... we were ready and waiting for Malcolm, who arrived promptly to escort us to the awaiting Anthonia. What a pleasant surprise our first encounter with this beautiful barge was, and we were all in need of once more being cared for by locals. Malcolm and Janet took over this role with much skill and good humour, so we were all very comfortable in a short period of time. There is no shortage of pictures on and off Anthonia, so you can see for ...

... what we needed though...prescriptions! haha. Im kind of scared to take some antibiotic i have no clue what it is. Hopefully it makes me feel better though. He seemed to understand what our issues were. Super nice guy. Tonight we take it easy, then off to Nice tomorrow. Should be great, Im hoping for day trips to Cannes and Monaco. Im really starting to miss home now.....and hockey. And its only been 3 weeks! crazy. Anyways everyone take care. Miss you all. Later Shaun

... after a night out in Paris, they were up for it. I went ahead on bike to do a reconnaissance and Simon and Dennis followed on foot. Found a stretch of seedy, cheap bars and 20 minutes later we were sipping cold beer listening to Latino music. After a number of laughs we headed back to the campsite, late and rather wobbly. A fine way to mark my Birthday. Chateau en-route The Dukes Palace 02 July, Saturday Start point: Dijon End point ...