Today we celebrated David’s birthday. It started as a nice relaxing day in Beaune and finished up with a scrumptious dinner. Let me tell you about it…

After a few busy days, we decided to just relax in town today. Actually, my co-travelers knew my back was hurting and wanted to give me a chance to rest it a bit. We split up for the day with Jan and Dave exploring on foot, while Sue and I took an easy stroll before taking a ride on the tourist train in the afternoon.

Since we had until 2:00 pm for our ride, we stopped for a nice lunch. The location was called Restaurant Le Fleury and was on a side street that had shade to sit in. I intended to have a hamburger, but ended up with a steak that was delicious. Sue had a chicken dish that was also “trés yummy” as per Sue. We had some wine and ended up very happy we had stopped there.

We had just enough time to stop back at the hotel before scurrying over to catch our ride .

The train ride lasts about forty minutes and is just a loop around the center of town with a side trip over to the vineyards that are located in the original town. Not fancy, just relaxing and seeing the sites.

After the train ride, we went back to the hotel and I rested up before getting ready for dinner.

The big birthday dinner was at a restaurant called 21 Boulevard. It was just a short walk from the hotel on this delightful evening. We were seated in a vaulted wine cellar room, which provided suitable ambience.

The dinner was delicious and we had some great wines. When dessert was being prepped, I saw our waiter lighting up a sparkler. He and the hostess then delivered them from behind Dave while many joined in to sing happy birthday. He was surprised, which made it all the better.

As we were leaving, a couple diners wished him happy birthday.

From the restaurant, it was just a five minute walk back to the hotel. Nice day, great evening and then a good night’s rest.