Thursday WINERY AND BEAUNE

Today we visited a winery in Burgundy and tasted several wines. I like the agriculture of the winery more than the wine. From the winery we traveled to the old Roman city of BEAUNE. A pretty place with a hospital built in 1443, turned into a museum. The burgundy region is beautiful to drive through because of the vineyards everywhere. 

                           In the cellar 

                                

                                                                     Lots of wine

                                                          Ages for 10 to 24 Months

                                             They are going to pick those guys in 2 weeks

                                                                  An old press

                                                                 Beautiful vineyard 

                                                           Restaurant in BEAUNE 

                                                             The hospital museum. 1443

                                                          Beautiful roof on hospital 

                                                                     The hospital beds

                                                               Rafters in hospital 

                             

                                                                 Beautiful roof

                             

                                                             Nonnie in BEAUNE 

                                     

                                                                   Having cup of coffee 

                                                                                Our view 

                                       

                                                               Best looking girl in BEAUNE 

This is the old city laundry in BEAUNE. The people lined up at the trough on the the right an washed their clothes about twice a year.

CHALON-SUR-SAONE FRANCE

Our flight out of Atlanta was delayed two hours because of bad weather, so, sure enough, we missed our connection in Amsterdam.  We only had to wait two hours for another flight to Lyon, France.  From Lyon we traveled by bus to Chon-sur-Saone, France where Nicephore Niepce invented photography.  We were a couple of hours late getting to our ship The Viking Delling, but in true Robinson form we got there in time for a great supper.  The bus ride was great as it allowed us to see some French Agriculture.  We saw corn fields, strawberry fields, sunflower fields, onion fields and even some cattle operations.  Tomorrow we wake up in Beaune in the middle of French wine country.
I gave you the wrong name of our river we are sailing on; we are on the Saone River in southeastern France.

Train Station in Lyon

French Corn Field

French Grain Elevator

Cattle operation

The kids on the bus

Swan swimming by our window on the ship

PLANE TRAIN & CRUISE SHIP

Headed to southern France for a Viking cruise on the Rhone River; then two week by train traveling north through France, Germany, Belgium, and Holland. Check back if you want to tag along.

                               

VIKING RIVER CRUISE

Today we start or river cruise down the Rhone River in southern France. 

                        Mustang  

                               

Trip News

This is a practice session for my phone

Nonnie and Claire

Cutlass

          Mustang in Brownwood

                         Cutlass

Birmingham Sunday Afternoon

In Birmingham before our trip testing video post of my grandson Cavett.

ORANGE BEACH ALABAMA

Nonette and I have traveled to Orange Beach Alabama and our children showed up with all our grandkids.  What are the chances?  We have rented a condo on the beach.  Below see pics of the beach from our condo.  Tune in again for further updates.

The water is really pretty and warm and the beach is white.

The triangular tent in the center is Taylors and Jackson and Becka are in the water with our granddaughters.