Hotel les Congres Dijon
16 Ave Raymond Poincare Dijon, Burgundy, 21000, France
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Les Trois Glorieuses
... all vintners or négociants themselves, then take delivery of the juice and make it into a special wine that they can sell or keep for their personal cellars.
The third event is a formal “black-tie” dress dinner held at the Chateau de Meursault called La Paulée. This traditional event is used to celebrate the end of the wine harvest. Each attendee brings a bottle of his or her own wine to share. ...
Back To School and Armistice Day
... people, so you could fit the entire town into my former school. They were quite excited about a school with a swimming pool, too. They were confounded by the idea that everyone would stay in school to eat lunch, and they thought they had misunderstood me when I told them that students get about twenty-five minutes to eat their lunch (I did not mention that most of that time could be spend waiting in line). They have at least two hours for ...
Differences
... this late in the fall.
Chip and I can spend a large amount of time in the grocery store looking for cream, milk and eggs. That’s because they aren’t refrigerated. They might be with the pop, they might be by the baby food, they might be by the wine section. The wine section, by the way, would be the largest section of the grocery store.
One must be careful in the meat department. There is a section ...
“Crème de Cassis” & Signage
... Aligoté (also made here in Burgundy) mixed with a tasty little something called “Crème de Cassis” or just called “Cassis”.
A short diversion is needed here to explain about Cassis. This very sweet, dark red liquor is made from Blackcurrants. Blackcurrants are similar to our Gooseberries in North America. If you had attended an educational tour at the Cassisium (No, I’m not making that name up.) as we ...
Paris Visit and a little bit more…
... the "Buffalo Grill". We’ve noticed this chain in France on numerous trips with the Minnesota Ambassadors, and believe it or not we were craving some American-style food. The Country & Western music was blaring, there were statues of Native Americans and Totem Poles, and there was a mounted buffalo head just inside the door. The menus had pictures of cowboys, and before dinner we were brought a small bowl of popcorn. ...
This hotel was formerly known as: Les Congres



