Hotel Montigny Dijon
8 rue de Montigny Dijon, Burgundy, 21000, France
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Les Trois Glorieuses
... to the center of town, on popped all the lights. It really was very cool (See pictures).
What I had not realized was that the town would also put on some very fancy laser art shows on the major buildings. These shows, which lasted around 5 minutes, used building façades as canvases. The creative programming of the lasers “drew” on the buildings. These were not just outlines of items as I ...
Back To School and Armistice Day
... Christmas tree, for two reasons. First of all, one of the little girls noticed that there was an Eiffel Tower on the tree! I then had to explain that since all of my friends know that I love France, someone had given me the ornament as a gift. They loved it, and I had the other two classes look for the surprising ornament on my tree – they all found it. The other thing about the picture was that you could see snow through the windows. ...
Differences
... all. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
It is quite moving going to church in a large Gothic structure from the fifteenth century. They have a wonderful organ (a Mutin & Cavallé-Coll, if that means anything to you), and the resonance in the space is gorgeous. Except for the language, and for the fact that I don’t attend Catholic Mass at home, things all seem pretty much the same as in an American ...
“Crème de Cassis” & Signage
... juice is then fermented in large tanks followed by oak barrels. As with wine, the French have turned this into big business with many varying degrees of Crème de Cassis quality control. You can get regular Cassis, SuperCassis, SuperDuperCassis, etc.
Many of the drinks made with Cassis contain the word “Kir” in them after Felix Kir. Felix Kir was a resistance fighter against the Germans during WWII. He later became Mayor ...
Paris Visit and a little bit more…
Our friends Randy and Julie Olson came to visit last week. We had a great time taking them around the Côte d'Or for three days, then spent another two days with them in Paris. In Burgundy, it was that same-old-same-old routine: touring castles, tasting wines and eating great food in quaint small-town restaurants. Haven’t tired of it yet!
In Paris, we stayed at a lovely hotel on the left bank, near the Sorbonne ...
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