| Day 2 Princess de Provence Afternoon excursion Chalon sur Saone |
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| Sunflowers! |
| We were bouncing along on a bus, wish I didnt cut off this roof... |
| This hay field had just been harvested. |
| Church on a hill in a town in Burgandy. |
| The white cows of Burgandy |
| Beautiful Chateau |
| Vineyards in Burgandy |
| Windmill |
| Our bus was large and it was winding its way through all these tiny streets |
| Beaune lion with grapes |
| grape press |
| Winery but we didnt have time we did get some shipped home though. |
| This is the Hotel Diue BEAUTIFUL Flemish burgundian architecture. It was established in 1443 and used as a hospital for the poor up until 1971.There are 50 weathervenes and they are all gold plated iron. It was designed by the chancelor of the duke Nicolas Rolin who wanted the house for the poor to be finer than the dukes palace. This hospital earns all its money by having a giant wine auction every year and has a giant wine celler in its basement. |
| Hotel Dieu a hospital for over 500 years |
| Detail of one of the weathervanes |
| Detail of an angel in one of the gables above a door |
| more turrets and weathervanes |
| Gargoyle |
| While we were in the town of Beaune we found a shop that offered winetasting. Jim did some tasting as I had a cold and couldnt smell. We ended up buying several bottles to be shipped home. Touring with a group is very limiting time wise and makes us only want to go back to explore more on our own. Driving by wonderful photo shots and not having the time to stop makes me nuts! The more we travel, the longer our list of places to go gets. |
| sunflowers |
| It was a nice surprise to drive by this winery because we bought some of their wine |
| parachutist and sunflower fields |
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| These sunflowers were looking away. |
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| Back on the river. A bridge in Trevoux. |
| Some floating art |
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| We saw several parachute landings. |
| Slurp |
| Coat of arms |