{"id":4048,"date":"2013-09-28T03:36:59","date_gmt":"2013-09-27T19:36:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/?p=4048"},"modified":"2013-09-28T03:36:59","modified_gmt":"2013-09-27T19:36:59","slug":"europe-trip-2013-part-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/?p=4048","title":{"rendered":"Europe trip 2013 part 4"},"content":{"rendered":"

My idea was to travel back from Switzerland to Amsterdam via France. Last year I had visited a few Loire castles<\/a> with my brother Pim, \u00a0and I wanted to show their beauty to Aric, so I booked two nights in Blois. However, planning in more detail, I found that the distance between Grindelwald and Blois was almost 700 km, a bit too long for a comfortable drive. Therefore I looked for a suitable stopover halfway. Beaune! To be honest, the name did not ring a bell. Now I know better.<\/p>\n

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Wine lover friends will scold me, because Beaune is the Wine Capital of the Burgundy region. The most important wine auction of France is held here yearly, but we were too early for that. Besides, Burgundy wines are too \u00a0expensive for me.<\/p>\n

It is a medieval town with a famous tourist attraction: the Hospices de Beaune<\/a>, a hospital for the poor, founded in 1443 (!)<\/p>\n

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Well worth a visit, here are some pictures.<\/p>\n\n\t\t