Despite our late night on Bastille Day, we were up with the birds this morning to head off to Dijon for the day, to catch up with Debbi's friends, Mark & Mary (Healesville ex-pats living in Basel). Our trip on the Metro (en route to the main station for the super-fast country train) showed many revellers still on their way home:)
We arrived in Dijon early morning, with an hour to kill, so took in a visit to a surprisingly good (and free) archeology museum, with a fascinating display of Roman relics in their enormous cellars. We then met Mark & Mary, who took us to a delightfully quirky local restaurant. The menu was completely in French, so we were all reliant on Mary's excellent skills to translate and ask questions for us. We loved the manager's response when we asked what size were the salads - she raced to the far corner of the restaurant, grabbed the plate of another diner, who had her fork in hand ready to start eating, and raced the poor woman's meal over to us to inspect!! Luckily everyone took itin good spirit - the restaurant appeared to be a favorite with locals, and for good reason - the food was excellent (including the salads!).
Lunch was followed by a stroll through the old town - fascinating little lanes with half-timbered buildings, crooked walls, and patterned tiled roofs - before we were dropped back at the station for our return trip to Paris. A lovely day in Dijon - and yes, we do have the mustard to prove it:)
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