Le Compostelle
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Goodbye to Beautiful Scenery
Leaving the main wine country and on to Vezelay we said goodbye to the beautiful scenery and drove on into the simply breathtaking, stunning panoramas that would suddenly open out of beautiful forests. I could not seem to stop smiling. Stopped to gaup and take photos with me scrambling to pick wildflowers that I couldn't identify and gave up trying …
Fog then Sun
... LQ adept at handling a cup of tea and a chocolate croissant and the wheel. One more manual lock before arriving in Tournus again. Here we topped up with water and electricity, visited the local supermarket, which was probably as big as Woollies at Northbridge Plaza, had a cup of coffee and headed off.
We are now cruising on the Saone, which is much wider and is apparently a working river. It is a Sunday and we know how the Europeans don't like to work on a Sunday; however ...
Enter the Meaghers
... the wheel, as we approach the lock we slow down so JW and DM can get off to handle the filling or emptying the lock and then opening the gates and we girls handle the ropes. It takes a bit of co-ordination and team work and thanks to our trusty captain, DQ, all is plain sailing.
We headed to Cuisery where we berthed for the night at the side of the river as there were no spots at the jetty. We headed into the Cuisery for dinner, pizza and pasta and of course ...
Beautiful Burgundy, The wine, the place the food
After breakfast we set out on our tour of the Beaune region with Vincent as our guide. We went in the Quartly's car and Vincent drove. First stop was on the side of a small road just out of Beaune. We were surrounded by rolling hills covered in vines. Unlike Australian vineyards the vines are kept neatly trimmed and the rows between them are very narrow. Vincent explained how due to uplifting and erosion the soil in each of the vineyards is quite ...
A late summer's day
... in the centre of town. We got there in time for the guided tour, don't get much from the guide as they don't usually speak English but it's the only way to get inside the rooms of these places and it just wouldn't be the same if we only saw them from the outside, as impressive as they are. All of the chateaux we have visited so far have been built in very different styles - this one had a huge moat around it, now empty. It ...
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