Thursday, October 20, 2022 – Travel Day to Burgundy.

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Today we travel from Paris to Beaune, Burgundy by high speed train.

First thing in the morning we sauntered down to our favorite bolangerie for breakfast.

This hunk of scrumptious bread is filled with olives and feta cheese.

After breakfast we packed and went out to the bus stop on the corner to take a bus down to the train station.

Our bus stop.
I saw this church next to the bus stop and walked over to see if it was open. There was a security guard who said it was closed and I could not enter. He asked me why I wanted to enter. I told him I wanted to say a prayer. He looked puzzled and starred to someone on his cell phone as I walked back to the bus stop. After a few minutes he motioned me over and apologized and said that the way I was dressed he thought I was a bum looking for a place to sleep. Once he saw that I was with Sara he realized I wasn’t a bum and I just might want to enter the church to pray. What a novel idea. Someone might want to enter a church to say a prayer. The security guard said that he would gladly open the church so I could say a prayer. I could see our bus approaching so I declined his offer with a wave of my hand and a hearty merci. I said a prayer for everyone as I boarded the bus. I figure that a true pilgrim can pray anywhere and that the place where you are praying shouldn’t matter. I hope God agrees with me on that point.
This is the train station.
This is the high speed train that runs between Paris and Zurich, Switzerland. We will be taking this train to Dijon where we will transfer to a local train that takes us to Beaune.
We have arrived in Beaune.
This is our two bedroom apartment in Beaune.
This is my spacious and comfortable bedroom.
This is the humongous shower in the bathroom.

We had some time to kill until dinner so we decided to stroll around Beaune.

This is the church of Notre Dame in Beaune. I lit a candle and said a prayer for everyone at this beautiful old church.
After strolling around town for an hour or so we decided to sit at an outdoor cafe and share a cheese plate.
And have a couple of glasses of wine.

We then walked down to the restaurant for dinner.

The owner of the restaurant picked out this wonderful Chablis for us.
We had snails on toast for an appetizer.
For the main course we had grilled hake with a shrimp ravioli and a mushroom cream sauce.
For dessert we had a hot chocolate cake covered with chocolate sauce and whipped cream.

We had a great dinner and the owner of the restaurant and his wife who was in the kitchen were so nice to us.

That’s it for tonight. I hope you had a good day wherever you are. Good night from Beaune in Burgundy, France.

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I've been retired from the Union Pacific Railroad since 2017. I've been planning to walk the Camino for about 6 months and can't wait to get started.

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One thought on “Thursday, October 20, 2022 – Travel Day to Burgundy.”

  1. So what were you wearing to look like a homeless bum? I’m glad your daughter rescued you and dinner looks amazing. Bonne journée!

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