The big thing to see there is the Hospices de Beaune, or the hospital. It was so beautiful! It opened in 1452, and is now a museum. The Chancellor built it to house all of the poor sick people in the town. Minus the fact that they had The Plague, it didn't look like a bad place to stay.
The square at the hospital that connects all of the rooms
The poor people's room- the ceiling is shaped like the hull of a ship!
Not too shabby.
After the hospital, we went to a place called Dame Tartine for lunch. The restaurant was full, so we told the dude that we would just wait outside for a table. I think he thought that was weird. They don't seem to do that there- there are not "waiting lists" for tables. But eventually he came and got us, and we chowed down. We both got a goat cheese salad, chicken and veggies with fat-free cream sauce, cheese plates, and apple pie. All for 13 Euro! That's like $20 a person. And wine. Don't forget the wine.
Next on our list was visiting the Caves des Cordeliers. More wine. We did a tasting of five wines from the region, and the guy working there had excellent English and was really nice. We thought we were going to be able to take a tour of the caves, but there was a Do Not Enter sign above the entrance. Luckily for us, the guy trusted us (silly him), and let us go down to check things out. I hope they don't have surveillance cameras down there.
After our long day in Beaune, we decided to take the bus back instead of the train, because it's cheaper. We didn't take into account it had been a long day of wine drinking, and there was no bathroom on the bus. You should have seen us get off that bus an hour and a half later, totally running for our hotel!
We weren't hungry for dinner, and we didn't want to go to a bar, so we decided to do what every person should do on their fabulous French vacation- go see the Michael Jackson movie "This Is It". Perfect end to a perfect day.
This looks like my kind of day!! How fun!
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