Wine, Mustard and Crême Brulée

We said our goodbyes to Elodie, Julien and the kids, with the hopes that we will see them next in the Yukon! It was great to catch up and share some fun moments together, and Claire absolutely loved her time with Clémentine. We had a short ride to Dijon and then were catching the train to Paris - the end destination! While we could have ridden all the way over the span of another week, we preferred to have the time to visit with many different friends in Paris. Our ride took us through the heart of wine country in Bourgogne, and we got to see all the treatments and tools used in the vines. In Dijon we made sure to visit the chouette de Dijon for good luck taking our bikes on the train again. We were relieved to get to use an escalator instead of stairs to access the train platform, then were able to secure a good place for the bikes on the train, but the air conditioning wasn't working in our train car so it was a long sweaty ride to Paris. We found ice cream to cool down on the short cycle from the train station to Vincennes, where we were staying in Jean-Paul and Claude's appartment during our time in Paris, and were lucky to get to catch up with Claude as she was in town for the night. We celebrated our arrival in Paris with a nice dinner, complete with a trio of creme brulé for dessert. Then, as the last segment of our multi-part day, Claude offered to babysit Claire, so we headed back out for a mini night tour of Paris in the neighborhoods around La Bastille.Read more