June 8, 2024
To Tonnerre
Another very short day with some interesting meetings
The hotel we were staying in is only 2 star but it was absolutely fabulous. We ate in the restaurant last night and had an absolutely fabulous 3 course meal - I have seldom seen Ken eat up so heartily. The wine list was something that would have made our son in law very envious. It include premier crus and grand crus Chablis of very impressive years. We settled for an Aligote, a white Burgandy wine, that is hard to get in NZ and more suited to our price range. The meal we choose consisted a a delicious fish quiche, a main course of rabbit then Ken had cheese while I settled for a desert of orange and chocolate. We were sad to see that there was only one other couple eating there. They too were cyclists and from the Netherlands starting today doing a circular route in Burgandy which will take them back to St Florentine in 10 days time. Unlike us they do not believe in using any GPS navigational aids but have a map and said they will rely on signs
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Breakfast this morning was the usual skimpy French breakfast but ou host gave us a couple of bananas to take on our way. Because of the tiny distance we had to cover we didn’t leave until check out time of 11am and then took our time and wandered around this beautiful little village, finding a boulangerie for lunch provisions and generally enjoying it. Back to the canal was a delight after the slog up and we were soon spinning along on one more a perfect surface
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The most interesting person we met was Alex. Alex is just finishing a degree in Environmental Engineering. For the last part of his degree he had to take a trip for at least two months looking at what different countries were doing to protect the environment He set off 8 months ago and has been all over Europe even camping in Sweden in the middle of winter. For most of the time his girlfriend has been with him. They wild camp all the time. Some way to test a relationship! Now he just has to write a report of it. His degree will be finished and he can look for a job. We talked for ages and were fascinated
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Reaching our Hotel it was still very early but we were let in straight away. The bikes were stowed away, everything put to charge then we went for our reward
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Then Ken got an even greater reward along came tis procession
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A great ending to the day
Today's ride: 30 km (19 miles)
Total: 197 km (122 miles)
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We also stayed at Hotel du Centre when we were in Tonnerre three years ago, and quite agree that it was excellent.
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