Freiburg in the morning, Beaune in the afternoon, May 17

We woke up to the sound of rain today, which has been rare. We ate a good breakfast at the hotel Huebogen and decided to hang around Freiburg in the morning as we knew the ride to Beaune was only a little over 3 hours.  We were on the quest of a particular t shirt that we wanted to get one of the grand kids, but knew the shop did not open until 11:30.  So, we enjoyed wandering the streets, took another good look at the "wisteria street"

 

We then drove to Beaune on the motorway.  It was supposed to be a rainy day, but...only a few sprinkles,,,we have been so lucky.  We are at the Hotel Adelie where we stayed two years ago in Montagny les Beaune.  We drive into Beaune, searching for restaurants recommended on TripAdvisor, but were too late for lunch and too early for dinner.  After a bit of wandering around lovely Beaune, we sat and had soup to tide us over.  We chatted with two young California lawyers on their first trip to Europe and we gave them some advise on Paris.

 

Later, we had a fabulous meal at Le Bacchus owned by two young people who do all the work..one is the chef, and the other, Anna does the whole front of house.  Mark started with escargot and then beef bourgignon and then poached pear with black currant sorbet.  He pronounced all delicious although thought the portion of beef a bit small.  I had an unusual asparagus dish with some smoked dried beef as a starter, not the sort of dish I usually order, but it was good and part of the compris menu.  Then I had wonderful fish with ratatouille and delicious, flaming creme brûlée.  We chatted with a British couple who live in the Netherlands who were on a wine buying trip.  They recommended places for us to visit tomorrow and let us taste the wine they were drinking and had just bought also at the vineyard in Pommard.