Tuesday, 7 July, 2015
This morning we are to leave Lyon. We get up early and it is still hot, hot. We go to Cafe du Marche again for breakfast and Julie has her rillette of Salmon again. I order a croissant but am brought a charcuterie plate instead which we send back. I eventually get the croissant and have my ham from the market with it. We walk back through the market which today was a food market but because it was early, by French standards, it was only partially set-up.
Back to the apartment to finish packing. Odile and husband come by to help us carry the suitcases down the stairs. She has also ordered a taxi for us. An absolutely delightful person and we enjoyed the stay in spite of the very hot weather. Highly recommended.
https://www.airbnb.com.au/rooms/3517871
The weather is still very hot, although not too bad early in the morning. I had been going to walk the suitcases over to the train station but Julie convinced me it was too hot so we took the taxi that Odile had ordered. The train station was unexceptional and we had a bit of a wait until the platform was announced. We get on the train and it is a real pleasure because – well it is air conditioned! Julie manages to snaffle us a compartment for 6 with our bags and just us.
So what is the title of this post about? We are headed to Dijon and the weather is still stinking hot! It is a pleasant train ride through the countryside of Burgundy, Beaune is the previous stop before Dijon. We are going to be early so we have a drink at the Dijon train station in an air conditioned cafe. We walk to the apartment which was quite an achievement by Julie as the streets of Dijon are not straight and there were a few turns to make along the way. We get some supplies and get directly to the place of lodging. It is a massive old hotel that has been converted to apartments. There is some trouble getting through the big door but some kids let us in.
There is also some problems connecting with Elisabeth once we get inside the courtyard but she comes out and finds us.
Elisabeth really only speaks French and we do not so there are some communications problems but they get sorted out quickly. The living area is smaller than our place in Lyon but there is a second bedroom where the suitcases can be opened up. The place is quite modern inside. But there is one trouble, the Internet does not work with a strange error message. Later we get a call from Elisabeth’s daughter to say some one will come to fix it at 7:00. For me it is time for a nap, for Julie time to prance around Dijon.
We are to go out to a Michelin Star restaurant and our booking is for 7:30 and it is somewhat of a walk. But the lady to fix the Internet shows up on time, early even, and quickly solves our troubles by moving the router from a phone plug in the front room to one in the second bedroom and it is all working fine. So we head out to our restaurant.
We are the first one’s at the restaurant, it eventually got quite full but people start later in France. We are put in a small room out the back.
We go for the Gourmet, Food-lover menu
http://www.restaurantstephanederbord.fr/en/menus.html
A very impressive restaurant and meal. We get a taxi back to avoid the long walk. A cooler change is coming in and very welcome.