Paris to:Auxerre to:Beaune to:Quincieux to:home!

Skate punks near the Town Hall.

Day 2 - the morning is on the scooters in town a bit.

Town Hall

Andre and Nisette

Then off to Chatenay Malabry to visit Andre and Nisette. They pull out the champagne - looks fancy - grand cru. The place is how I remember it, except for the back yard, street and station. I don't remember those at all. It's been 30 years since I last saw them.

Andre is instantly recognisable. When he speaks his eyes twinkle, and he looks closer to 40 than 80. Nisette has not changed much either.

They hop around - mainly Nisette says something and Andre hops - the recipe for a long happy marriage. Lunch is with some Grand Cru 1988 - wasted on me. The cheeses are just fantastic.

Chateau de Sceaux

After, it's a walk around the Chateau de Sceaux, the former home of Colbert(?). The time got to 18h30 magically, and we got home late, so we had bread and cheese for dinner, then in bed quick. Louis scootered across a road with a pedestrian, to our horror, but all good.

On the platform that turns to watch balls thrown. At the science museum.

Day 3  - montmartre, Sacre Coeur where we did the tourist train. Lunch was a nice little place.

We stopped at the Catacombs. No chance to get in with the queue. Then off to the kids science museum - Musee de la Decouverte. Lots to see, and only saw half before it closed.

Auxerre

The next day, we had to cover about 3 or 400 kms via Auxerre - a nice medieval town, and Beaune - a nice medieval town, and a centre of the Bourgogne wine region.

The central park at Quincieux

We found a hotel at Quinceaux. This place is so tiny. There was a nice park, some scootering in the carpark, then a 3 course meal. Food is about 100 x better in the small towns, than in our we don't care about tourists home.