We drove to Autun and the activities we planned were not happening. The tourist information had no bathrooms and the wifi was not working. We walked around the town and saw the Roman ramparts. The kids were not impressed, "we came here to see a wall?"
A short drive in town and we found the Roman Temple of Janus. We ate baguette, of course. Under the shade of the temple and in sight of the warning sign that stones could fall but we relaxed in the shade of the temple, Jonah was proud because he and Sam and Isabel went to the bakery alone to get the baguettes and they were especially tasty.
After lunch wanted to swim, of course we only had Bermuda shorts, which were not allowed.
On the way back we stopped at a recommended wine cellar. They were closed!
the kids cooled off and played and enjoyed the afternoon back at our rental house.
What did we learn?
1. Even the best planning sometimes does not work.
2. The kids have zero interest in wine and wine making
3. Everyone in France seems to smoke.
Instead of eating-in we chose to eat in one of the restaurants that had good Trip Advisor ratings. The first restaurant was closed, despite the sign on the door saying they were open for dinner. We drove through very narrow streets to the second restaurant, It was also closed. This seemed strange to us because it was 6:30pm on Tuesday. We preserved to the third and final restaurant on our list. Everyone was happy with their meals. Jonah even got ice cream with the Bambino special.
Lesson 4. Don't give up.
Tomorrow is Wednesday, we will stay close. We want to see the Wednesday market in Beaune and we reserved five rental bikes from a local bike shop. That should prove to be quite the adventure.
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