Category Archives: Burgundy 2015

Visiting Beaune

Posted on June 30, 2015 by Gary

The most fantastic, brilliantist, bestest shop in the world is at Beaune. I know because I shopped in it today. A counter longer than possible with display cases stretching into the impossible. And all of them containing cheese. So much … Continue reading →

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Flunch Frenzy

Posted on July 1, 2015 by Gary

Tonight, on the advice of Mirinda’s little friend, we headed to possibly the most unsavoury part of France we’ve yet encountered. According to Mirinda’s little friend, there was a department store open till 10:30pm in this shopping centre. Well, Mirinda’s … Continue reading →

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Chateaux galore

Posted on July 2, 2015 by Gary

Tonight we had the best meal this trip. It was during an evening pootle that Mirinda spotted a sign to a restaurant in the middle of nowhere. One of the few pootling rules dictates that once a pootler has found … Continue reading →

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2000+ kilometres

Posted on July 3, 2015 by Gary

We’re going to miss Coco. It’s the first hire car we’ve ever named and the only one we’ll really remember. She has faithfully driven us over 2,000 kilometres across France and back again, sometimes with the roof down, sometimes with … Continue reading →

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Breaking down in France

Posted on July 4, 2015 by Gary

It was rather noisy in our sea-view room. It was also quite warm. I suppose both problems could have been solved by closing the window and setting the air conditioning to -10 but it would have felt wrong. The experience … Continue reading →

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