Saint Fargeau
Saturday, June 18, 2022
Arrival at Hotel Les Grands Chenes
Relaxing.
We arrived at the beautiful and stately country manor in the afternoon with time for swimming and games before the evening dinner. It was a relaxing time. |
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Dinner.
The evening buffet of French specialties was really great. It was outdoors in a beautiful country setting and it was made all the more enjoyable with a wine tasting before our dinner. It does not get any better than this! |
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Sunday, June 19, 2022
Guédelon
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Guédelon.
We had a very interesting visit to the construction site of Guédelon, where a full-size 13th-century castle is being built today. It is being built by people in traditional costumes using historically accurate tools as it would have been 800 years ago. We took part in a hands-on workshop learning the medieval stone cutters trade. We also had time to visit the blacksmith, masons, and rope-makers. |
Medieval Dinner
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Medieval Dinner.
After returning from Guedelon, we relaxed with some Medieval music before enjoying our medieval-themed dinner. We started off with lentil, bacon, gizzard salad with shallots and parsley served with rustic bread. Then came tomato, red pepper, cucumber and garlic cold soup. Our main course was chicken leg in a spicy honey sauce. Finally, for dessert we had almond cake. And of course the wine flowed freely. |
Tomorrow we leave France and make our way to Switzerland and our next home in the Alps, Wengen.