IntrepidFromDC

Dinnertime. 🥰

Closeups of bar art...

Settled at a blue-collar bar and swallowed my IPA pride to join the locals for a good draft beer - or four once the hard rain came and the lights flickered. I resettled to a comfy spot where I could enjoy the sitcom at the bar. Nobody spoke English and a good time was had by all.

Dijon is a charming, clean, small town. I walked the entire downtown then some extra areas in about 3 hours.

This is where I will eat dinner. I have a good feeling because there's no room at lunch and they confirmed the dinner reservation I made 2 months ago. They asked what app I used to make the reservation because they didn't recognize the connection and when I said "the fork" they shrugged and said they hadn't heard of it. It was through TripAdvisor. Not many restaurants open in Dijon on Sunday night.

I bought a delicious sweet pistachio treat and a bunch of olives (had no idea I would get a hundred or so for 2 euro), I was planning on a sandwich for lunch but olive binging and local beer has me pretty full.

Arrived at Dijon. My room has a great view of the main square and Sunday Market

But that's my finest quality!

Inside the station

Paris Lyon Gare

Have one of those Cheers drinks on me!

Moulon Rouge, red windmill. The original windmills at top of Montmartre were used to process grain and all were destroyed except one by the invading Prussians. One still remains and the legend is the owner kneeled before the Prussians and begged them to take his life but spare his windmill, and they did. 20230513_104217.mp4

We have A WINNER!

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Dinner tonight was the best yet! Last night in Paris. Off to Dijon by train tomorrow morning.

The church is the famous Sacre Coeur Basilica, and the monks who live there built the pigeon house. Montmartre is really just a big bluff in the middle of Paris that drew famous artists in the late 1800s and is charming!

Met our Montmartre Walking Tour host at Moulin Rouge and it was a long walk up the hills to Montmartre. Host said Vincent Van Gogh lived on the 3rd floor of the house with the goldish colored door.

Obviously I got on the wrong bus.

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The lucky drunks pedaling the drink your way thru paris were funny. There is actually a bartender serving them as they peddle. I have a short video I'll try to upload.

I found the HOHO bus stop, and rode it for 2 hours (12 of the 14 stops). The tomb of the unknown soldier is under the Arch d'Triomphe and Napoleon is buried under the goldleaf domed building. The obelisk was a gift to Napoleon in 1851 from Egypt and dates back to 1250BC.

More pics of charming St Germain and Latin Quarter