dijon

I left off at the las blog when I arrived in dijon.

So in the morning I woke up early since the hostel gave free breakfast with my room, but served it only between 7 -8:30..so I went at 7 since the hostel was fully booked, and I wanted to make sure i got food.

SO I checked out early, and wentinto the center of town. While I waited for teh tourism office to open I did some sightseeign of my own just following the signs to various locations in the city, nothing amazing , just churches and antiquity quarter.

Finally when the tourism office opened I went into get information but they weren't very forthcoming. so I walked around the city center looking for mustard shops...now youd think that in the mustar capital of the world there would be tons of mustard shops, youd think that in the capital of the most expensive wine region in france there would be loads of wine stores...but no there are two mustard shops and 1 wine store. I went to one mustardshop and the prices were exuberant, and the bottles were glass unlike the french mustard bottles, so I went to the other one, tasted 7 different kinds of mustard, bought 4 one of them being regular dijon mustard using the old dijon recipe ( the original one) in a real dijon bottle thats closed witha cork...really cool since i wanted one like that. I then bought some heavy liqour made here in alsace not famous because its similar to cognac which is 95% consumed outside france so the Burgandy version is mostly for french consumption. I also bought Creme de Cassis, which is a specialty of burgandy as well.

I then went to the only wine store I found on a side street and bought a nice red wine from burgondy, (my opinion best red wine in france) and a champagne wine from burgandy. However since its not inteh champagne region of france its call Cremant, and I bought a rose version since I dont like the chardonnay kind.

I then went to have lunch at a restaurant that specialized in burgundy food, and had the Menu Bourgogne. TO be honest it was one of the best meals I have had in France yet. I had Eggs poached in red wine, then beef bourgingon, and too top it off I had Creme brulee with cassis. When I was done I went to the chef to thank him, and that I really enjoyed the food. He was happy.

I then went back with a full backpack, and a heavy bag to the train staiton to await my train back to Strasbourg.

I got back in late since there were train delays coming from marseilles, but it was ok.

I then went to a party and met a girl that is coming to live in toronto for the year, where shes going to university at Glenden, and interning at the french embassy in toronto. So I was helping her out with info and hopefully help her find a place to rent when she gets to toronto.

thats about it..back to work today, it went very well...i really do enjoy working with the chef. It was busy but it wasnt quiet he let me do the bankquet by myself which was good, as I enjoyed it.

Enjoy your weekend everyone