Day 6 - Paris to Dijon

Well we woke up really late this morning. So late in fact, that there were very few baguette pieces left for breakfast in the hotel dining room. Outrageous! And it was only 9am! We blame Mickey Mouse for our lengthy sleep in and aching bones, as we still hadn't recovered from yesterday's action. Anyway, we checked out of our Paris hotel at about 9.15am and headed down to the Metro to catch our train to Gare de Lyon, where the TGV leaves Paris for many places, one of them - Dijon! Home of the famous Dijon mustard, blackcurrant and ginger bread!

We are renting a fabulous 17th century apartment in Dijon for a few days and the apartment owner, Coco, very kindly met us at the Dijon train station and drove us into town. She showed us the grand old apartment and facilities and then gave us a very quick tour of the town on foot, including rubbing the owl on the side of the church for good luck (today's stunning feature pic). Dijon really has a tremendous amount of history and is quite beautiful. The old people are nice, the young people are nice, everyone is courteous, they all value good food and good values. A far cry from city life. It is amazing.

Something else really got us going today - it was the start of the national shopping sales in France and we got caught up in the bargains. Here in France, they have sales that are SALES! Most items are 50-70% off and there are bargains everywhere - not like the pretend schmuck sales in Australia. Today Rod bought 2 shirts worth 25 euros from H&M for 5 euros. Kym bought a great trendy cardigan worth 30 euros for 5 euro (amongst many other items). So, it appears that all that room we had in our packs is starting to fill up. But at those prices, who cares?

We had dinner in our apartment tonight avec candles and soft music and also some nice red wine from Bordeaux and a plethora of cheeses. How indulgent, how romantic, how Dijonesque!