{"id":7897,"date":"2017-09-09T21:26:25","date_gmt":"2017-09-09T21:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wilbil.com\/?page_id=7897"},"modified":"2018-07-17T02:22:24","modified_gmt":"2018-07-17T02:22:24","slug":"beaune","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wilbil.com\/france\/beaune\/","title":{"rendered":"Beaune"},"content":{"rendered":"

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WELCOME TO FRANCE<\/h2>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row content_width=”grid” back_to_top_skin=”default”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]It was time to leave Switzerland, and I was dragging my feet. On our way to Beaune, we stopped at a French mall for lunch. It was the strangest thing to go from the majestic Swiss Alps to a French suburban mall. For the same price as my lunch entr\u00e9e yesterday, we got 2 meals with drinks and dessert.\u00a0We arrived in Beaune, the wine capital of Burgundy. The hotel was spread out with classic country decor. The woman who ran the hotel showed us to our room. We went past the wine cellar and she joked that our room was down the stairs. At least their would be wine.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”24px”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

H\u00f4tel-Dieu de Beaune<\/h3>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”24px”][vc_column_text]We went off to see the H\u00f4tel Dieu de Beaune (Hospices de Beaune). The chancellor, Nicholas Rolin, founded this hospital for the poor in 1443. It had a large wing for the poor and a small wing for the wealthy patrons.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″]

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Wine tasting<\/h2>\n

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