Our bus ride ended in the town of Beaune in Burgundy. After getting settled in our hotel, Patrick took us for a short walking tour of the center of town. We had a group dinner that evening at L'Abbaye de Maiziere.

This was the entrance to the restaurant. Watch your head.

It was a fascinating underground location.

We had poached egg in red wine sauce for an entree (first course), boeuf Borguignon for the main course and mousse in mint sauce for dessert.

Most of us also had some Burgundy wine with this wonderful dinner.

The next morning Beaune had their weekly market.It was fun to see all the fruit, vegetables, meats, cheeses, and even material and clothing.

We had seldom seen so many chickens cooking at the same time. In the course of the morning they sold many of them and replaced them with fresh ones.

This booth had all kinds of olives.

This one had sausages.

Loaves of bread were piled high at this booth.

This one had beautiful flowers.

There were also all kinds of vegetables.

    



We even found Daniel, a tour member, who had just bought a beret.

In Baune most of also visited the Hôtel Dieu after the winetasting. The Hôtel Dieu is now a museum that shows how the hospices cared for the sick and indigent from 1443 through the 19th Century.

From the outside it looks rather plain.

The interior courtyard is beautiful. The patterned roof is made of glazed tiles.

The interior has a great Hall of the Poor. It is 50 meters long (over half a football field long) where beds line both sides of the room. When it was in use, tables and chairs were placed in the middle of the room for meals. At the end of the room is a chapel for their religious needs while the beams overhead are decorated with dragons which remind them of the monsters of hell.

This shows the beds in more detail. Each bed os large enough for two people and behind the curtain there is a chest where the patient's clothes are stored.

The hospice also has a kitchen and a pharmacy.

The tour ends with a view the 15th century polyptych of the Last Judgement by the Flemish artist Roger Van der Weyden.

The central figure is Christ in the purple robes. His right hand welcomes the chosen ones and the left, in contrast, is lowered in disapproval. At the bottom the Archangel Michael weighs those who are risen from the dead.

Continue to the winetasting at the Chateau De Rully.