Decided to bypass Lyon and ended up insted at an aire in St-Etienne-le-Velay. Quite beautiful. We are parked between a field full of vines and a 13th century church on a hilltop overlooking a patchwork of field and vine covered valleys. The village is tiny and clinging to the skirts of the church. The only drawback is the rather loud pealing of bells well into the night...
Needing more sleep we moved on again, this time to Marsennay-la-cote, just south of Dijon. Apparently Marsennay is the only village in the appellation that produces rosé wine. We took the bus into Dijon the next day and went to the Musée de Beaux Arts which had an amazing selection of styles and periods. I thought the mummified cat in the egyptian section would draw the boys [Bill & Joshua] in, but no, Euan and I were having the most fun!
There are free buses that go through the centre of the town passing all the major tourist attractions, so we hopped on to one of them and had a little tour of our own. After that we headed for the covered market to drool over the wonderful array of meats, cheeses and produce on offer. The rain started to get really heavy so we took the bus back to the village in time for tea. I had fotgotten how tiring being a tourist is!
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