La Gremelle Beaune
Ladoix Serrigny Beaune, Burgundy, 21550, France
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Les Trois Glorieuses
... of winemakers. Also in the parade were a number of bands that came to Beaune for the wine festival. There were two groups that impressed us. A band from a canton in Switzerland was very precise, controlled and musical. The second was a military band from Italy. They were enthusiastic in their marching and playing, almost running down the street. I don’t know how they kept their instruments at their mouths to ...
Back To School and Armistice Day
... Beaune. If I am understanding this correctly (this is always a concern for me and my French!), there is central school administration in Beaune for the numerous small town schools in the area. When the students move on to middle school, they are all bused to a larger school in another town.
I heard back from M. Hyppolite a few days later, and he asked me if I would be interested in coming to school and speaking to the classes ...
Differences
... here, but it hasn’t caught on.
There is a sisterhood of women here, and they feel very comfortable starting in on men in general. This can be the woman at the bakery, a sales clerk, basically any stranger you run into. Doesn’t matter whether Chip is with me or not. “-That’s a man for you! -Why did you bring your husband shopping with you? - Men! They are all the same!” I always try to be agreeable, ...
“Crème de Cassis” & Signage
Today (Saturday) was a beautiful fall day- partly sunny and high in the 60s. We took a drive over to a couple of towns we had not yet visited- Couches (to attend an antique market) and Epinac. The rolling countryside around Burgundy provided us with new views of the vines or manicured pastures with the white beef cattle (Charolais) that they raise around these parts. At one point, Joni started singing one of the themes from Beethoven's ...
Paris Visit and a little bit more…
... 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 ...



