The last official stop on the trip was to stay with friends in Beaune (in the Burgundy region), but we couldn’t resist spending an hour in Dijon where I studied all those years ago.
La Place Marechal Foch…
…with its classic merry-go-round
Our friends went to great lengths to make sure there were plenty of toys for Sawyer, and he was in heaven.
One afternoon Aude’s Brazilan husband Flavio made a classic dish—pumpkin and shrimp—for everyone for lunch. Inside the giant squash was a coconut cream sauce with peppers and shrimp, to be served with rice. Mmmmm!
Here they are posing with their nephew Ahmed.
The weather had gotten terribly cold at this point, but we did venture out one morning to visit Beaune’s major tourist attraction, L’Hotel Dieu, with its magnificent tiled roof.
Conceived as a hospital for the poor, construction was started in 1543.
This is where most of the sick stayed. The hospital was self-funded through vineyards and salt mines, and was the main hospital in the city until 1973. Marie-Chantal, the friend we were staying with, did her nurse training in this building and worked here for many years.
The apothecary’s room—with eye of newt and everything.
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