Bonjour mes amis! Lee and I decided to take advantage of the November 11 holiday for Armistice Day and travel to the rolling hills of Bourgogne. We arrived in Beaune, a charming city, where life centers on the production and consumption of the Côte d'Or wines. Côte d'Or means "golden hillside," and such hillsides are a spectacle to enjoy as the leaves are turning in the fall. Thursday afternoon we visited Hôtel Dieu which was a medieval charity hospital and is presently a museum. The Hundred Years' War and "the Black Death"(plague) devastated Beaune, leaving 75% of its population destitute. Nicholas Rolin, chancellor of Burgundy, had to do something to help his people, so, in 1443, Rolin paid to build this hospital. It was completed in eight years. Friday, Lee and I visited La Moutarderie Fallot, which is the last of the independent mustard mills in Burgundy. We had a very interesting tour of the factory and learned that the flavor of the mustard is based upon the original grain and the addition of wine juice. We made our own mustard and then had a tasting which included mustard made with Cassis. We had lunch at the Château de Pommard, a winery which has existed since 1726. Our final stop for the weekend was Cluny on our way back to Chambéry. The Abbaye de Cluny was a Benedictine monastery, built in the Romanesque style, from the 10th to the 12th centuries. Enjoy the pictorial history!!!
Mme. Wallace
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