>>Where were you staying near Beaune, is it a gîte de France ? What else did you see, abbeys, castles <<

We stayed in a Gite in St Romain - the "haute" section of town. They had their patrimoine also - down the road from our Gite. There were vineyards all around us, and the propriator is a winemaker in Mersault.

Glad that street market is just a once-a-year event - it was a little overwhealming.

We visited the chateaux of Sully, Brandon (got a tour from the owner - we were the only ones on the tour), Couches, Tanlay, Ancy le Franc, Bussy-Rabutin, Bazoches, Rochpot, Vougeot, & Commarin - plus about 10 others in the Beaujolais region Saw the Abbey of Fontenay. Visited Auxerre, Autun, Troyes (wonderful), Provins,
Langres, Sens, Beaune, Noyers (very nice), Flavigny (disappointing), Saumr en Aixois (better from the outside than inside), Vezelay, and lots of little wine towns.

Restaurants - in approx order of preference:
Stephane Derbord in Dijon
Host. du Vieux Moulon in Bouilland
Charlemagne in Pernard Verglesses
Remparts in Beaune
Dilignece in Mersault
Les Gourmets in Marsanny
Rotisserie du Chambertain in Gevery-Chambertain
Le Montrachet in Pulignt Montrachet

Plus about 12 others in Beaujolais, Troyes, Macon, & Bourges (overnight trip).

Stu Dudley

<I highly recommend Dijon as well of course!
Pal I can't believe it was at the bottom of your list!
coco>

j'espere que tu sais que ma liste n'etait pas un ordre - je n'etait pas mettant les day trips en ordre especiallement - of course i hope you know my list was in no order, just a list - or bien sur Dijon would not be last! I think i was working out of Paris farther and farther.

I've seen the pictures on your excellent web site and they show how 'soo-pear' Dijon is!

Pardon mon francaise - tu sait je parle francaise comme une vache espagnol comme je t'ai dit autrefois.

Pas de problème Pal, I was just teasing you. Je sais que tu aimes Dijon (not as much as I do of course!)
Bonne soirée!
((S))

coco: Est-ce que tu es deja allee au Etats-Unis? Jusqu's curious moi. A bientot!

In my dreams only...
Is it an invitation? ;-)

Oui, s'il tu es vengtieme ans plus vielle ou je suis vengtieme plus jeune et tu es "single" oui, puis peut-etre.

just kidding, kind of. Acutally i don't live in a place most tourists would want to go, but i do have two upstairs rooms where the three French sisters stayed that would welcome you et toi famille, bien sur!

Let me translate: si tu étais plus vieille de vingt et célibataire et moi plus jeune de vingt, oui peut être... :-)
Merci pour l'invitation, how many buckets of mustard shall I bring you? ;-)
Bon week end!
coco, too young tonight :-d

Coco- trop jeune ce soir, trop jeune demain et trop jeune tous les temps! C'est dommage! Just joking of course

I understand people who speak a foreign language welcome the opportunity to do so. However, I believe it is innapropriate and bad manners to do so on a forum such as this when most people cannot understand. This is not the place for messages between only those few who can speak French.

Just to wish "un joyeux anniversaire((F))" to nsalerno! :-*
It means "Happy Birthday" for those who don't speak French...

Hi david,

You copy the offending text to http://www.freetranslation.com/
and see what it means.

This isn't exactly a dinner table where some people are isolating themselves by speaking a strange tongue. :)

((I))

davidjac: whilst i appreciate your point of view I didn't realize that Fodors was an English only forum - i barely speak French and just enjoy trying it with Prof Coco who corrects me - usually the comments are travel-related, but you are not missing anything, believe me. It's just a little harmless banter.