Dijon, but first updates from Brancion and Vezelay
No wifi for last few days, so another condensed post.Got back from Tournus, had another excellent dinner in Chapaize, in a restaurant that didn't even have a sign. Just luck that we found it. Both of us had magret, in cassis sauce with berries. Great.
Next day to Beaune. Rainy day. Beaune has its own hospice, much more famous than Tournus. Here is a photo:
Pretty neat. Beaune is nice, very wine trade oriented. Not much else here other than the hospice.
We headed back to Brancion. Kathy and I felt like driving around so we headed to Blanot, described as a pretty town. Down the roads we went, narrower and narrower. Found one of the restaurants we had searched for unsuccessfully the other day before we found the second one in Chapaize. Specialized in escargots and frogs leg, so I guess I'm ok we didn't find it. I had escargot the first night in Brancion, pretty good but I don't need to make it a constant part of my diet.
Roads narrower and narrower. Will we ever find this place?
Anyway, we finally found Blanot. It IS pretty:
Communal bread oven, cool.
Cute Romanesque church, related to Cluny...surprise.
Found a little auberge in town. Looked closed, but tried the door..."Bon jour...etc" nice woman, spoke English really well. We chatted for awhile and had something to drink. The menu looked good...lamb! I haven't seen that yet. But kinda far.
We leave, drive up to the top of Mont whatever for the view. Socked in by rain. Road half the width of the car. Feels like a 25% grade...8 really.
Get back. Dinner time, suggest we try the new decourvert. Ponder distance. It stays light until 10:30, why not. Great choice. The place is really simple, just plain tables, paper napkins, but the food was excellent. Place is filled up with people, where do they come from. Agneau is excellent, Kathy had pork with local honey and thyme. Had a wine for up the road...excellent. Another from way far away...6 km. The server was joking with us that it really wasn't local.
So. Glad we drove down that road.
Next day, we head to Vezelay via Autun and Bribracte.
posted by Jim @ 5:25 PM
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