Thurot Dijon
4-6, passage Thurot Dijon, Burgundy, 21000, France
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Les Trois Glorieuses
... town followed by larger groups arriving without breaks. Since we had applauded for some we thought we needed to applaud for all. Next thing I knew, we and a very few other active spectators were also yelling “Bravo!” and “Allez!” (Go!) at all the runners. Some of the runners looked like death. Others were smiling and responding with, “Merci les spectateurs!’ (Thank you spectators!) ...
Back To School and Armistice Day
... marched down to the town war memorial (there is also one of these in every town, naming the soldiers who died in the first and second world wars), playing marches that we had never heard. Except for the little trombonist, everyone was able to march in step and play at the same time! At the war memorial, the mayor read the speech that President Sarkozy had read that morning at the Arc de Triomphe. The band played the national anthem ...
Differences
... Halloween, so we did our best to find a pumpkin. We got one at the grocery store, the largest one we could find, and it was the size of a cantaloupe. Chip did a great job carving the little guy, and last night we put in a candle and took it outside for pictures. Because it is the week of All Saint’s Day, schools are on vacation, and there has been a family staying in the other apartment here, across the courtyard. I knew they had ...
“Crème de Cassis” & Signage
... Reims region of France. [Again, any sparkling wine will do but don’t tell the French that.] A “Téméraire” is made from sparkling white wine made in Burgundy call “Crémant.” [“Téméraire” translates as “reckless” in English. Do you think this has to do with someone who drank to many of these?]
A “Kir Breton” or “Kir Normand” is drunk in the northwest of France ...
Paris Visit and a little bit more…
... mass graves. Disease was spreading, and it was decided to move all of the bones from the cemeteries of Paris into these underground quarries.
This was all done after dark with solemn ceremony, and the bones were organized in the catacombs according to the cemetery they came from. Bones were placed there until 1814. By the way, in July three inebriated visitors got lost down there (which you would really have to do on purpose) ...



