Sunday 9 August 2009

Day 9: Paray le Monial - Dijon


Today started with an easy and fast first hour. Thereafter, life on the bike became tough with headwinds and partially very bumpy roads. However, following a channel about half the distance, the ride has been a lot nicer than yesterday when straight lines was on the menu.

Dijon has a seriously nice city center, with interesting and amazing buildings popping up everywhere. When I arrived, I was too hungry to pay much attention, but it was impossible to ignore those buildings. Come and see for yourself.

Today's menu has been fairly scarce until dinner was served, but then I had a nice local beef bourgouise - a kind of stew - and a very nice bottle of wine (see previous post). The place, la Concorde, may not be the finest place to dine, but it certainly does the job efficiently and nice.

Tomorrow is a long day, probably featuring some rain, and thus it is time to sleep. Bonne nuit!

Finalement


A really good wine! 2004 Lois Jadot. Bon apétit!

But then...


Maybe there's a reason for the steep prices...

More wine-tasting


This time in Cöte de Nuits. If you thought wine was expensive in Sancerre (8 euros a bottle), this place blows you off with no bottles below 20 euros.

Nice and calm conditions


Thus, 28 kilometres in today's first hour. :-)