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Burgundy Wine Region

The Burgundy Region of France is known world-wide for its fine wine. It has thousands of acres of vineyards with hundreds of chateaus. The area has very gentle hills and a climate that are ideal for grape production. We stayed in the city of Beaune which is the headquarters of the Burgundy Region and is flooded with tourists. We took a tour of the wine area and learned a great deal about grapes and wine production. For example, the grape vines live about 70 years and the oldest vines produce the best grapes, but in lower quantities. We celebrated our 40th Wedding Anniversary in Beaune at a beautiful but unusual hotel that had been an abbey for hundreds of years - The Abbaye De Maizieres. The monks made wine at the abbey back then.
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We stopped in the town where the first photograph was taken - in 1823.
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We stopped in the town where the first photograph was taken - in 1823.

  • This was a frequent sight - people taking bread home each morning.
  • All the French towns and cities contained memorials to the men who died in WWI and WWII.
  • This very small village paid a very high price in men lost during WWI. The French lost far more men in WWI than in WWII.
  • Honors for their war dead.
  • The church in this small village was built long, long ago.
  • In the small village.
  • Site of the invention of photography in 1823. It was an 8 hour exposure and came after years of experiements and trials.
  • We stopped in the town where the first photograph was taken - in 1823.
  • The site of the first photograph in 1823.
  • This was in Beaune where they had a traveling exhibit about WWII and the contributions of the American and British armies, and the French Resistance.
  • The traveling exhibit with a tribute to the American 101st Airborne which helped liberate France during WWII.
  • So many French expressed gratitude to the Americans for liberating their country during WWII.
  • The pastry shop in the village of St-Georges.
  • It looked soooo good!!
  • It didn't last long.
  • The little village of Fixin.
  • This Frenchman was playing a quick turn around lottery game on a Sunday morning in a very loud bar across the street from the Cathedra. It seemed to be a country-wide lottery with the results coming up every few minutes.
  • A Frenchman ran over to us to make sure we didn't drink the water - we just wanted a photograph.
  • This tower was moved out of a roadway as the result of a 20-year lawsuit.
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