Mustard and more

At Dijon we rented a car and made our way up through the champagne region and eventually into Belgium. We've tried to avoid the big highways and instead have taken a lot of side roads into interesting little villages. It sometimes takes us 2 hrs to travel 50 kms and that’s not just because Marj drives slowly!

Another village another carousel.. I think this was in Dijon.

I can actually buy all this mustard at Butcher Boys:

Of course Bruges is basically beer, bike, boat, waffles, chocolates and lace making.  Lots of tourists, limited menu items (moules frites everywhere).  We made truffles.

Travelling along the Normandy coast of France brought us to great, expansive sandy beaches, full of sun seekers. So many little villages swarmed with tourists and locals alike. But also a lot of high rise apartments lining the way  

The further we got down the coast the less English is spoken which forced me to try a bit of French. Not that successful but with a bit of help from Google translate we manage. Our last night in France tomorrow is at a place called Vernon. Sound familiar?