The River Saone - Part 1
Getting onto the Saone, and back into some reasonable water depths was a milestone for us, we were quite sad to see the end of the canals. The river though is beautiful - apparently the best fishing river in France - Carole saw a “monster” fish jump near the back of the boat - the catfish can get to 300lbs - reputedly! And there are prehistoric Silure fish in the river that get to 3m long as well.
We stopped in Auxonne for a couple of nights to get chance to take a train to Dijon. Auxonne is a 15c and 16c town but made more famous by the arrival of Napoleon in 1788, who trained as an artillery officer here. Still a garrison town too.
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| Statue of Napoleon in Auxonne |
Took the train to Dijon - 20 minutes and €7 each way - what a fabulous city - a world heritage site with the most fantastic 15c to 18c town centre - amazing buildings.
The mustard isn’t too shabby either.
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| Park in Dijon |
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| Square in Dijon |
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| so many nice buildings in dijon |
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| Mourners - Duke of Burgundy tomb |
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| The city is full of lovely buildings |
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