Ecrins 2020: Saturday and Sunday: Home

Pack up and off, though I forget exactly when. It's about 5:30 from Vallouise to Dijon - we'd done our usual break-somewhere-now-where-shall-we-choose and picked Dijon, the name at least is good - and we got there around 5, with stops at the Col du Lautaret and <somewhere else>, so I'll guess we left around 10.

Dijon was... disappointing, I'm sorry to say. We arrived, found somewhere to park, checked in, and found we'd just missed the Cathedral closing time, which was regrettable; and then somehow there wasn't much else to see. It didn't help that it was bakingly hot. Sitting in the shade in a courtyard on the other side of, and contemplating, the cathedral helped a bit. My recollection is thta it wsan't easy to find anywhere decent for dinner, either.

Our appt for the night at "City Loft" was good though: lots of space, central, and in a nice "turret" like the one opposite.

But our lunch stop in Saint Quentin made up for Dijon.

Spot the Panda.

One last steak tartare. D looks elegant in my hat.

Drive, tunnel, all fine. And then, all of a sudden, we were home.