Bourdogne wine country. Burgandy wines are chardonnay or pinot. On short stubby vines. They were burning candles and straw bales overnight to add warmth due to frost. Dont ask for any wine except burgandy produced or you are subject to the stink eye. The hospital for the poor was a highlight in Beaune.
Back to Chalon for lunch on the boat and a walk with Drazen. Our Croatian activity director.
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Wake up in Lyon
A lovely breakfast to start the day.
And off we go via taxi to Lugdanum to see the Musee Gallo Romain and the Roman amphitheater.
A place to water the pups.
The mosaics were spectacular. Up the hill to Fourviere to visit the Basilique.
Take the funicular to Vieux Lyon.
Lunch at Chez Lyon. Delicious. The artichoke dish paired well with a wine that tasted like olives.
Walking back to pick up our luggage we find the toilettes. You have to wait for it to wash and dry itself between each use. Very tidy. Dont get caught in the wash cycle
And off we go to our bateaux the Emerald Liberte.
Fancy it is. While we were eating our 4 course dinner with Cote de rhone wine, Steve from Lenne added some pinot noir from his winery.And they fancied up our room.
Planes trains and automobiles
A very long day from Seattle to Paris to Lyon to our hotel Boulevardier. And waiting for someone to let us in was another challenge.
Yes we have our own courtyard with seal. Yes we do.Ok let’s walk around in a daze trying to stay awake to knock off that 9 hour time difference and 10 hour plane trip and some sort of TGV train from Paris and cab to hotel.
Deux vin rouge for cinq euro.
And there are some odd free tapas with a not good cocktail…stick to the vin rouge.
Hutchins Cabin the Saltbox
Southwest Harbor. Nice and sunny and warm today. Kristen greeted us with Maine hospitality. No electronics but nice fireplace books puzzles and games. Relax!
Welcome to Maine
Here we are off to Southwest Harbor
Oh yeah Bbq ribs and mussels. Saving the lobster for tomorrow. On our way to Bangor.
Top of Twillingate Hike and Long Point lighthouse
Nice warm day out 15-17 celsius. Hiked to the Top of Twillingate about 3 miles, 4 lookouts and 360 degree view of town, very nice.
Long Point lighthouse right out of town. Cold and windy. Lots of icebergs.
Gerties Place Twillingate
Gerties Place
is part of the Old Salt Box Co. At the end of Ragged Rd. Great house with big picture windows overlooking the bay, three couches, big kitchen for my personal chef to operate in, large bedrooms with claw foot tub in the bathroom. Did I mention my personal chef? I try not to go anywhere without her.
Here for a relaxing five nights. Had lunch at Addy’s watching icebergs out the window. Nice sunny day but cold – 50’sdaytime and 30’s at night. Those are mummers – not to be afraid!
Yeah, Patty gets pudding and whipped cream!
Off to Twillingate Iceberg Alley
Heading out to Twillingate. Drove through Terra Nova national park. Great place for camping. Stopped in Gander looking for puffin fabric, but there seems to be a severe shortage. Everyone is making puffin fabric crafts to sell apparently. Next stop Gander Bay Beothuk interpretive center. The last Beothuk survived until 1826. We were able to make spirit offerings from shells, feathers, cones, bark and sinew for offering in the spirit garden.
Entry to Twillingate across from Captain Dave’s, two huge icebergs!
One more day in St. John’s
Walked to the west end to visit the Newman wine vaults. They were used to age port and then shipped back to England. It is the oldest building in town. Most were destroyed in a fire. Headed up to commissariat house next to the government house where the governor lives.
The jelly bean houses are row houses painted in bright colors. Boat paint was cheap and also helped residents to find the right house heading home from the pub. Patty went on a photography trip for birds at St Mary’s.
Dined at Yellowbelly brewery and then back to O’Reillys pub for some more Irish music from Connemara. To bed early. Off to the airport in the morning. Time to head back to the world.
Day in St Johns
Highly recommend the Bagel Cafe for breakfast. Decor and food unique and filling. Walked around the shops on Water St and jelly bean houses on streets above. Very steep! Was designed for left side British driving. So some issues driving now.
Drove out to Quidi Village and toured the brewery. Nice lake and village just out of town. Lunch at Mallard Cottage, also highly recommended.
Drove up to Signal Hill, great view but a bit foggy.
Gail and I went to Oliver’s for dinner. Exceptional! Ontario Pinot, seafood platter with cod tongue salmon cod scallops and shrimp. All seafood here has been exceptionally fresh.
Went up to George st for some Irish music. The Irish Descendents were at O’Reillys. We have met some wonderful friendly Canadians . Not many US visitors way out here though.