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Another reality check…
First week, back at home and I am already missing France- especially the wine and cheese! There is nothing for it ,I will just have to stop drinking wine. Might be good for my body but definitely not good for … Continue reading
Getting ready to go home- The big clear out!
We leave for Ireland next weekend, so we are clearing and doing final touch ups on the boat. The going away parties have started! This week we have been to dinner to Alain and Francoise’s home. On Sunday we are … Continue reading
Lunch at Bernard’s – Our French Friendships continue
We met Bernard at Rodgers New Year’s Party. Bernard kindly invited us to Sunday lunch at his home – another new French experience for us.
Festival of Saint Vincent Tournante – Festival and Wine and Burgundy Culture.
Our boat neighbours, Thierry and Marie Ange offered to bring us to this annual festival, giving thanks to Saint Vincent the patron saint of wine. The festival started in 1938 and it is held in different towns each year. In … Continue reading
Posted in Comments on Social Economic Lifestyle in France, French Food & Wine, People We have Meet on the Gap Year, People who have helped us on our way, Travel Tips, weather
Tagged burgundy, burgundy wine, Chalon sur Saone, Confrérie des Cheavaliers du Tastevin, Gilly-lés-Cíteaux, Sur le chemin des moines, Vougeot
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Visit to Dijon City Capital of Cote –d’Or
When Marc was here we made a return visit to Dijon, 70km and one hour away from Chalon. Cote d’Or and its capital Dijon, was home to the Dukes of Burgundy from the early 11th until the late 15th century. Dijon … Continue reading
Posted in Experiences on the Canals, family visit the boat, French Food & Wine, On the Journey, Places visited
Tagged Canal de Bourgogne, Cote d’Or, dijon, dijon mustard, Duchy of Burgundy, gargoyles on notre dame, Jacquemart Clock, Jardin Darcy, John the Fearless and Philip the Bold, Muséé des Beaux Arts, Notre Dame, owl trail Dijon, palace of the dukes of Burgundy, Palais de Ducs, Place Darcy, Place du Theatre and the Palais des Ducs et des Etats de Bourgogne., Porte Guilaume, Swiss and Imperial armies in 1513, The Covered Market, The flanders War, the harbour in Dijon, the history of Dijon
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Sunday Afternoon Cycle in Chalon- a Simple Pleasure
Yesterday we decided to explore the North Bank of the Saone by bicycle. We went eastwards as from the map we could see that there was an old port and the junction where the Canal du Centre meets the Saone … Continue reading
Posted in Chalon sur Saone, comments on life, cycling, French Food & Wine, Places visited, weather, winter
Tagged Chalon sur Saone, saone river
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Happy New Year to All at home in Ireland or Geneva and here in Chalon.
On this Gap Year we have learned to go with the flow. Because of our car problems we will now be celebrating New Year with Rodger Collins and his friends on his barge Silhouette in Chalon, not as planned in … Continue reading
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Tagged Chalon, Chalon sur Saone, Dublin Fingal Rotary Club Members, people who have helped, saone river
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Good Food in France- Camembert and Brie Cheese
France produces many fine foods, including cheeses. France has 350 to 400 distinct types of cheese but our favourite is Camembert du Normandie followed by Brie du Meaux.
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Tagged AOC, Appellation d'origine contrôlée, Époisses, baked Camembert, Boursin, Brie, Brie Cheese, Brie de Meaux, Camembert, Camembert du Normandie, Chèvre, France, French cheeses, French Chesse, Label Régional (LR), Livarot, Meaux, Pont l'Évêque, Protected Geographic Indication designation, Roquefort, The Arsenal in Paris, Tomme de Savoie, Under French Law 56 cheeses are classified, ways of eating camember cheese
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Adrian and Nuala's Gap Year 
Last day in France
We spent the last day in France, at The War Memorial of Caen museum and then took the night ferry from Caen to Portsmouth. We are near the end of our Gap Year.