Labergement Foigney
While we wait for things to happen on the barge (such as final payment and antifouling), we have been staying in a pleasant Chambre d'Hote (B&B) in a small village called Labergement Foigney. This is about 30km SE of Dijon.
Our hosts are Laurent and Delphine who have looked after us very well. They have a lot of information about the Bourgogne region, French culture, French wines, where to buy hardware, where to buy bicycles etc.
So, every day, we travel around to different places exploring and sightseeing. We start each day with a very healthy breakfast of home made yoghurt, fresh baguettes and croissants, home made jams, home made Dijon cake, fruit and delicious coffee.
Saturday was Liberation Day- a public holiday. We went into Dijon and walked the "Owl tour" which was fascinating. We explored the high quality indoor and outdoor markets and many interesting buildings. Every village has memorials to those who fell in the wars. However, whereas there were many wreaths and flags, we saw little sign of marches, ceremonies or similar. Perhaps they were in different places. We did see one small march of veterans from several wars.
We have also been to Abbeye Fontayne (World Heritage), Beze, Mirabeau sur Beze, Genlis, Auxonne, Dole, St Apollonaire, Quetigny, Cessy sur Tille and others. We'll pop up just a few of the hundreds of photos from some of these places. We are trying to visit places that will be less accessible by barge later on.
Regards,
Dave & Penny
