We had to make the call to hang out in town again. My back just couldn’t take the cobblestones and climbing stone stairs today. It was very disappointing as I was looking forward to visiting the castles and singing songs while we drove along.

Jan and Dave thought about going back to Dijon, but ended up visiting some other places in town instead. They even took a ride on the tourist train and visited the Hôtel Dieu.

Sue and I took a little walk around town, only walking where the sidewalk or streets were flat.

That might sound funny, but we did find an awesome little patisserie along the way. We picked up sandwiches, pastries, little bear-shaped spice cookies and gougères and had our own little picnic.

We even had a bottle of wine from our hotel stash. They were nice enough to let us put it in the refrigerator to chill for a bit….so it wasn’t a total washout of a day.

As this will be our last day together for a few days, we booked a table at Caves Madeleine for a semi-farewell dinner.

The restaurant is very small and we were seated at a communal table. It wasn’t exactly what I was planning, but it actually worked out fine. We had a really nice dinner and two bottles of delicious wine.

As an added bonus, the people next to us were very nice and when there was a break in the action, we got to share a little chat with them. They were from Korea and just arrived that morning after a twenty hour flight. The poor guy looked dead tired; the woman was just excited to be there. The ice-breaker: a Scorpion’s song playing in the kitchen that the woman and I both liked.

At times it was a little bit loud, but once people started eating it quieted down. Our servers were a delight and although very busy, were friendly and attentive. They were pleasantly surprised when I asked if we could include them in our pictures.

Oh, our meals. Sue and Jan had a chicken quenelle, while David and I had the roasted pollock fish. A bowl of mashed potatoes for us to share was brought over and then the forks did their job – yum!

We took a pleasant walk back to the hotel, said our good-byes, exchanged hugs and parted.

Jan and Dave were headed to Avignon in the morning, while Sue and I are staying in Beaune. We’ll meet back up in Paris after the weekend.