The morning after....

I think today should henceforth be known as the morning after my own personal 'Tour de France!!!



Incredibly, the legs aren't sore at all ... but other parts, best left unmentioned ... definitely are!!! I've had time to reflect on the day and bike riding in general ... and I wonder why we let small children ride these things on roads!!! Lex thinks I need more practice and has promised to buy me a bike ... what a waste!!!! Can't see me riding around the 'village' at home ... or to nearby 'villages' ... or even out to the 'lake' for a picnic!!! I think he should save his money ... better still, I should spend it here!!!



Slow start to the day ... and we headed into the village centre for the local market. Much smaller than those we have experienced previously, but we did manage to get a few supplies for another picnic.



Nearby we found the Hotel-Dieu museum ... recognised the roof of the building immediately as it's featured in Beune's website!! Amazing buildings ... built as a hospice/hospital for the poor after the Hundred Years' War ... 1443. The size of the buildings and the rooms is amazing. When you look at it, you think there must be 3 levels ... but no ... it's only one!!!



Had lunch at a restaurant on the square ... and I finally got it right. I've been looking for a feed of vegetables ... and nothing seems to come with many veges. Today I had a 'fitness salad' ... and amongst other things it had green beans (yah!!!) and cauliflower.

The weather has fined up as well. Weather is hard to get used to ... cool, mostly showery (but only light showers) ... then the sun might come out for a little while and it clouds over again. This afternoon (6-45pm BTW) it looks completely clear. A couple of people have told us that Friday is expected to be sweltering! Wait to see that.

Other achievements for today ...

• we managed to work out how to use machines in a laundromat. Tricky when we can't read the language. We were a little worried when the machine started up ... and seemed to go straight into a high speed spin .... what happened to the wash and rinse cycle??? All good ... it took over and did its thing!!


• we also booked tickets on a bus from Dijon to Frankfurt ... we fly out of Europe from Frankfurt next Tuesday. That was really scarey ... all in French ... no way to print our tickets ... yet. Hope we get the seats we have paid for!!!


• So we also booked hotel accommodation in Dijon and Frankfurt ... should be OK ... that was in English. Only thing left to do is to find out how to get to Dijon when we leave here Sat ... which BTW is a public holiday ... Bastille Day (Happy Birthday little Sophie)

Like I've said before ... everything we usually take for granted is a challenge!!

Bought another hot (freshly-baked)baguette on the way home round 5pm... to go with our purchases from today... goes down really well with beer or wine ... while we watch the finish of the day's stage. Small girl in the bakery today ... school holidays ... so I asked some questions and found out that they are on the 'big' holiday ... 2 months ... but they have 2 weeks ... 3 other times throughout the year!!! Awesome. But ... school day goes from 9-12 and 2-5pm. Home for lunch ... sounds like no PGD!!! Older kids start at 8 ... and go through until 6pm with a couple of hours off for lunch also. Interesting.

Off to Autun ... to catch the finish of the next stage of the race. Hope we get there ... and home ... another adventure. Look for the Aussie flag and Aussie shirt and hat!!! We will stand out. Will be somewhere in Autun ... with a couple of kms of the finish ... if we can.