Paris to Bourgogne

For our final days in Paris the weather cooled and our general pace slowed. Our last piece of tourism was a visit to the Musee Cognacq-Jay, a delightful and outstanding collection of 18th century paintings, furniture and ceramic minatures donated by the founders of a once leading emporium "Samaritaine" including several each of Canaletto, Fragonard, and Reynolds.

Our final Paris meal was at a traditional bistro La Sancerre, good enough to write home about- moderate cost, competent chef, pleasing outlook on the corner of rue Bretagne and rue des Archives, justifying the positive reviews in Trip Advisor.

We spent a lot of Friday wondering if our train would go on time or at all as the SNCF staff disrupted the system following the stabbing of a ticket inspector.

Saturday is moving day and our apprehension proved groundless as the train was "a l'heure". Avis has provided an Opel. Getting out of Dijon was however pure stress. Roadworks and street closures everywhere had our poor GPS lady bamboozled and she led us round and round the gare attempting get to the dug up road until we shut her down and followed a temporary sign saying "Dijon Sud". Elementary really.

The Dijon cottage is the best holiday house we have ever occupied, roomy rather than cozy (lounge room with separate dining area, separate TV room, kitchen with breakfast bar, 2 bedrooms, garage, etc. Country silence. Views of and from the lounge below. A welcome gift from the owner of a bottle of Haute-Cotes de Beaune. Luxe!