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<\/a>We passed through a few more villages and then, at the direction of \u2018Randy,\u2019 our GPS, we wound up on the A6 Expressway. It had been hours (maybe 3) since we\u2019d eaten, so we made a quick exit at a rest site and dined on a mix\u2014jambon et fromage on a fresh baguette\u2014that Laurel had prepared for us in the morning. A short aside here: despite the global recession, universal health care, and all the other things the French have to \u2018endure\u2019, they have managed to figure out a way to keep roadside rest stops open. The next time you\u2019re pissing in the weeds on your way from Phoenix to Flagstaff, you may wish to ask yourself \u201cIs the universal tax cut really a solution for all of one\u2019s ills?\u201d Anyway, I digress. After twenty or so kilometers, we decided the express way was way too boring and we were missing all the good stuff and it was time for an exit. Shortly thereafter, on a distant hill, we spotted a chateau; the Ch\u00e2teau de Ch\u00e2teauneuf. It\u2019s a vast stone building, 75 metres in length and 35 metres broad, situated on a rocky outcrop 475 metres above the surrounding plains. Its history dates back to 1132, but in 1457, Philippe le Bon, duke of Burgundy, offered the fortress to his advisor Philippe Pot. On Thursday, we\u2019d visited the crypt of Philippe le Bon at the palais de Ducs in Dijon. It\u2019s fun to tie this stuff together.<\/p>\nTonight we stay in Verdun Sur Ce Doubs, a small village outside of Beaune, tomorrow\u2019s first stop. Verdun is largely a farming village and this evening, tractors towing wagons loaded with wheat made a pretty much continuous passes through town on their way to the local grainery. It takes a lot of wheat to make all those baguettes. Watching the crop on its way to being processed takes me back to my boyhood summers on the farm in South Dakota.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u00a0 Saturday, July 17 Today we left our wonderful home in Dijon. The stay was great and we loved the market, being able to do a bit of cooking, the bikes, museums and the great little restaurant we found, but the Gypsy in us was calling. Coco, our host, delivered us to the gare to …<\/p>\n
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<\/a>Our road trip today first took us to the tiny ville of Flavigny sur Ozerain, where the movie Chocolat<\/em> was filmed. This medieval village, set in the rolling hills northwest of Dijon is a spectacular site. I doubt there has been a new building constructed here in 300 years, but the existing structures, having been continuously cared for are in full use today. A few kilometers outside of town we came across a stone block house, obviously several hundred years old, which was missing its roof. New timbers had been set and as soon as the new rafters and roof tiles are in place, it\u2019ll be as good, if not better, than new. That\u2019s real urban renewal.<\/p>\n