Saturday was dedicated to Dijon, France. We of course started our morning off at breakfast in our lovely dining hall with Clochette. She was Henri's bff for the trip.
After breakfast we headed up to Dijon to start our day at Les Halles, the food market, and the antique market around the Les Halles building.
We had some good luck with the back alley antiques. They were much cheaper. We were able to get a couple of things to bring back to the states with us for decorating. After, the market it was time to get Henri a snack so we popped into one of my favorite bakeries, Paul's, for a snack.
After snack time we started exploring the city. They have a Notre Dame Cathedral, and Hotel d' Ville (government building).
While exploring the old town we came across a great place to eat lunch. They only had 5 things on the menu and it was written on a mirror. The waitress just comes over with the mirror and leaves it by you so you can see what you want. It was very fresh and all bio products so we could share some stuff with Henri. It was off the beaten path, down an alley so it was nice and quiet. Plus the outdoor seating was perfect to enjoy the fall weather.
We headed out to do more walking around after lunch. We mostly strolled through the city just taking in the architecture. We had no set in stone plans so we leisurely enjoyed the city with no agenda. As we walked we picked out snacks from different bakeries to enjoy after Henri went to bed that night, again. France is definitely not the place to go when your still trying to get rid of some baby weight!!!
We made one last stop on our way out of town to the Mille Mustard shop. I mean you must get mustard when in Dijon. Then we took off for home to tuck the little man in for the night.
Sunday was our return day. We had breakfast one last time in our charming dining hall and said our goodbye's to our gracious hosts and Clochette. We got 4km down the road and ran into a wine festival in Pommard. What to do, what to do? Yeah we stopped. We ended up spending about 3 hours there tasting and having lunch. It was a blast.
Finally, we made our way out of Pommard and onto the highway, back to Zurich! It was a lovely trip during the perfect time of year, Fall! I am already wishing we could go back and stay at La Combotte again.
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