We reached Nuits St Georges around 6pm only just over 24 hours after Le Tour had been through. Meanwhile we were hearing that the G19 with little Donald somewhere out at the back was already having street parties with a few of the local louts. We will not make Hamburg until this Thursday. So can G1 and G2 lift the pace and catch up?
Well hang onto this idea. Our observation after just two days in Dijon is that in most respects more lively Burgundy is not too far removed from the laid back Lot. France has slowed down and starting annual holidays. There are basically no retail operations over France two full days each week-Sunday and Monday-so we cannot see France ever being a consumer and services led economy. I guess there is always a chance that we will find other dopey countries like Oz willing to pay billions over the mark for Government products like submarines which help the French economically. But can Macron ever deliver on his noises to change French working culture and their extremely low worker productivity?
Meanwhile G1 and G2 are enjoying rediscovery of the power of Dijon. We also revisited wine intense Beaune but we are essentially past over priced Burgundy wines and happy enough to go with whatever summer rosé is on offer. We did notice a sharp increase in Australian accents in Beaune. We were also told that others had been in town a few weeks before consuming beaucoup de vins.
We also need to note that we managed to find a suitable place to quietly celebrate G1's latest birthday-the excellent brasserie in the former Palais des Ducs. These days one often finds that galleries and museums are quite good with terrific food and wine. We were very pleased with this one.
We were a little disappointed to find the Musée des Beaux Arts in Dijon is under major reworks but there is enough of interest here to get us to Thursday and the end of G1 and G2 time in France for 2017.
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