Flemming and I got back to our OY-9797, safely parked in the apron flowers of Dijon Darois airport:
I was a bt concerned whether we would be able to drag it up to the asphalt alone, but Flemming had a good insight into how to do it. Everything worked fine, and soon we were airborne. We flew by the side of Dijon, and could even recognise the building where we stayed on the Place de la Liberation (yellow arrow points at):
The evening before, when looking for a new destination, I discovered the town of Beaune with an open-air aviation museum nearby, and we wanted to see it. The flight was short, about 20 minutes:
Before landing in Beaune Challenges, we flew over the Chateau de Savigny that was home to the museum:
We landed in Beaune Challenges. Two gorgeous double-deckers waited for us by the taxiway, about to take off. We waived to each other, they warmly welcomed us to Beaune, and I thanked them for waiting for us vacating the runway.
There was a long list of taxis on the club house door, but it was difficult to get one. People driving taxis were at their primary job, and couldn’t come. I was calling and calling, and finally one of them picked us up.
Flemming and I stayed in the house on the photo below, in an apartment on the first floor.
The apartment was small, but the bedroom was of a good size.
Baune was full of tourists! Taking into consideration the size of the town, it was quite surprising. But it was the capital of wine in Borgogne, with annual wine auction, many interesting events, and gourmet restaurants run by its famous wine houses.
No French town without a hat shop!
I love wearing hats myself, but with our wet and windy climate in Denmark, the days when you can wear a hat are limited…
We found a restaurant that wasn’t fuly booked, despite us being early to French dinner standards:
They had great food and excellent wines. The wine list was 72 pages!
A nice walk after dinner around the town walls was very pleasant.
And there even was an Arc de Triomphe!
We learned, that old gate saw the arrival of many important figures: Henry II, accompanied by Catherine de Medici in 1548, welcomed by the canons under a freshly painted triumphal arch, to the sound of tambourines; Charles IX accompanied by the Queen Mother made a brief stay in 1594; and the gate was decorated again for the entry of Louis XIII, on his way to the Alps in 1629; then of Queen Anne of Austria the following year. But the most pompous entry was that of Louis XIV and the Queen, on 19 and 20 November 1658, when the cannon was fired.
And now us 🙂 though without any cannons 🙂
