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| Grape Harvest Outside of Beaune |
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| Beaune Hospice |
We decide to stay
put in Beaune. We drove to Centre Ville and toured the Hospice. What a
magnificent hospital this was. The tiled roofs of the buildings are
breathtaking. I actually believe Steve enjoyed this tour. While there,
we met an American couple from Paris.
After walking around this
self-contained town, we took a drive out to the vineyards. I was able
to talk to some English speaking gentlemen who were harvesting the
fields. We drove up into the town of Pommard, parked the car, and
witnessed a group of 5 cars driving up the road. The kids in the cars
were yelling and screaming while the horns were honking. Later, Steve
found out from Ned Wallace, a harvester, that this is the ritual that is
carried out when they are done harvesting their fields. Ned is an
American who works in Paris, but comes to Volnay every year to help with
the harvest. He was full of great info. Ned mentioned that we should
not stay in this town because of the partying that would be taking place
tonight. It was fun to enjoy the harvest experience. What timing!
After finding our
next hotel in Meursault (close to Pommard) we went into Beaune for
dinner. We had a great dinner and we met a couple from Aachen. We had
great conversation and exchanged addresses and phone numbers. On our
way back to our car, I guess Steve thought our car was missing and
announced “our car is gone”. Such panic went through my body. Memories
of our 1970 Ford Maverick quickly returned. It had been towed in
Frankfurt because it was parked too much into a pedestrian walking
area. But, joy, this time it was not happening again. It was just
parked a bit further down the street. Thank goodness!
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