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To Coulanges-la-Vineuse and Yonne Valley…

We enjoyed the most expensive breakfast yet of our holiday (4 times the cheapest) and were in the car for 9am ahead of the parking charges.

Michelin guide recommended…

We weren’t 50yds away from the hotel when Daisy took a smack to her derriere from a Toyota hybrid who had decided he had sat long enough at the red lights! What to do next?

First things first, we donned the hi-vis vests findly donated by Newry, Mourne & Down Policing and Community Safety Partnership…. maybe this is why the young lad driving the aforementioned Toyota hybrid kept saying “shit” and apologising profusely. As soon as we did, nearly all other traffic drove round us. One did stop to ask if we were ok in impeccable English and another drove slowly passed handing out “Constat Amiable D’accident Automobile forms”! Now… we need these in Northern Ireland!
Next we checked that the vario-roof still worked! It did, does, fingers crossed it doesn’t stop! Then after much googling of what had happened and filling in of the form we took to the road again…. to the Mercedes dealer to have Daisy checked out – and the headrests reset. The staff there were lovely!! Giving us tea and reassurance.
There are a number of captions I could add…. but better not!

Back on the road our next stop was Sully Sur Loire, only because it had an amazing castle… You can read all about it yourself 😀😊

http://www.chateausully.fr/en/history

A real moat filled with water!!

I just loved the reflections in the water…

And a lovely cup of coffee 😊

Back on the road and the next stop was , because they too had an enormous castle 😀

http://www.chateau-de-st-fargeau.com/chateau.php

You can read more here if you want…. It was a pretty village but did crap coffee, though a cafe and verre du vin cost €2.80!!!

Now, we had been travelling in the Loire region for two days and hadn’t seen any sign of a vineyard, the fields were planted with grain and stretched for miles with the odd copse or forest! Then we crested a hill and all was before us.

Pushing on to Coulanges-la-Vineuse we also came across a pretty windmill, across the road from those monstrosities that had started to appear!

Our accommodation for the next two nights was at Domaine Maltoff. Now you won’t be surprised to read that this was mentioned in…… Lonely Planet!! We couldn’t check in until 6pm so took a tour around the area….. Well actually we took ourselves to Irancy… why, because Lonely Planet says that’s were locals go to taste western burgundy’s wines. This relatively new AOC uses predominately pinot noir grapes. Of course we had a visit to a cave, sorting out tonight’s tipple.

St Germain church opposite the cave!!!

Having settled in to our room/space….

we visited Clos du Roi for a tasting, where we met Magali, the wine maker, and tasted seven of her wines with François over local charcuterie and cheese.

http://en.closduroi.com

A very enjoyable evening….

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