Rain was predicted for this
morning, the only day our bikes just happen to be outside, but it didn’t
eventuate until 1615h, five minutes after we arrived back in our room. 11 to 23
deg, some clouds but mostly sunny.
It’s marvellous how far you can go when you’re just wandering, we ended up clocking about 15 km today. Sometimes it seemed like we were going around in circles, but you had to do that to cover all the highlights of this interesting city. The size of the buildings is what strikes me, especially the stuff from around the 16 - 18th century. The Dukes made quite an impact on the architecture of Dijon and left some wonderful buildings that have since been turned into fantastic public service space. So, we might say they went well over the top when they built their palaces, probably at the expense of their poor people, but look what the country and the people have to this day. Hopefully the government can afford the maintenance bill.
I really enjoyed today, just wandering slowly around, trying to see everything in one day. I know I will be back, so I don’t mind if I missed something. The Cathedral was quite special, as were the other churches, but that’s my “thing”. Most were immaculately maintained and beautifully kept, both inside and out, a real credit to the congregations involved.
I found it difficult sometimes to capture the true essence of the particularly
large buildings on my phone camera but like I have said before I’ll keep
trying.
A long but very pleasing day in Dijon. After a rest and freshen up we headed
out in the rain to find dinner. Settled for Indian/Paki only 120m up the road,
it was rather ordinary, but it filled the gap. They need to buy an Indian
recipe book and follow it because they don’t have a clue about cooking Indian at
the moment. Slept very well though so that’s a bonus.
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