We'd decided to have a day off the
bikes and spent some time playing at tourists. Dijon is a very
historic city with plenty of interesting buildings and very ornate
architecture. Our hotel is right in the city centre, which is fairly
compact, so there was a lot to see on our doorstep.
The road outside the hotel was having a
tram line laid, and occasionally 'test trams' went past.
Beat that, Edinburgh!
Even at 09:00 it was fairly warm and we
soon found a large street market where a patisserie stall supplied
our breakfast. We spent the day wandering about looking at things and
taking photos. We had a lunchtime break for a drink, followed by some
superb (and fairly cheap) sandwiches from one of the numerous food
shops.
As the day wore on, it got a lot hotter
and I spotted this sign outside a pharmacy.
Scorchio!
The afternoon was spent with more
sightseeing and wandering about, until we had to go back to the hotel
for a rest. Around 18:00 I went out for another wander and to buy
postcards, and I was aware of lots of bikes starting to appear
outside hotels. Many from other areas of France, and I saw some from
the UK, Germany, and the Netherlands. No doubt they were in town for
this weekend's event!
I've copied today's photos to flickr and mr combo has posted on his blog. Here's a couple of photos to give
you a taster.
One bit of sad news however. We got a
message from Terry about his breakdown. He EVENTUALLY was relayed
home, arriving in the early hours of the morning. After a few hours
sleep, he set to work tracing the electrical fault. It turned out to
be an intermittently bad earth connection, but by the time he'd found
and fixed it, it would mean that he would have to get the ferry on
Friday, meaning he wouldn't arrive in Dijon until Saturday evening,
thereby missing half of the Coupes Moto Legende. As this was the main
reason for the trip, he decided on not travelling.
We can all imagine just how gutted he
must feel at missing a trip he'd been looking forward to for so long.
What a shame. Terry´s missing a great trip - hope another trip can be organized pretty soon. Dijon is just lovely (from your photos)and logically, very un-Spanish! I´m enjoying your trip N.
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