Vic's Pics

[Vic Balshaw]

Thanks Andy, would it surprise you if I said I could do it all again.

 

[T Bolt]

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[Vic Balshaw]

Thanks for looking in guys, its great to be able to share this with such a wide audience.

So we continue on with more pictures from the delightful little hillside town of Pérouges. I was reading recently that not so long ago, this little village was to be bulldozed. Luckily some commonsense prevailed.

To finish up the trip we all piled into a nice looking restaurant and sampled the local delicacy, it was included as part of the tour. Our sample food was the Galette Pérougienne which is a savoury crêpe (in the loosest of terms) made from a brioche dough with yeast, and lashings of butter and sugar, kneaded up and flattened it is then baked in an extra-hot oven with more butter and sugar on top and the caramelized outcome while still warm is yum-oh. Wash this down with a nice chilled flute of the local Champaign and you have a treats delight.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Vic,.........you now have my mouth watering profusely sir! And again, thank you for sharing your vacation, the photos are awesome and the scenery is gorgeous.

 

[Wayne Little]

thanks again Vic!

 

[evangilder]

Great pics. Glad that they decided not to bulldoze that village. That would have been a real shame. That kind of history is unique and interesting. We don't really have anything comparable here in the US.

 

[Gnomey]

Good stuff Vic!

 

[Crimea_River]

You captured the charm of that place nicely Vic.

 

[Airframes]

Great stuff Vic - a place I think I'd like to live, although all modelling stuff would have to be by mail order!

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Thanks ever so gent's, to me Pérouges was one of those delightful highlights of the holiday. Not a good modeling place though Terry, too many wine cellars, pubs and divine eating establishments, not to mention the bloody tourists.

 

[Airframes]

Oh dear - wine cellars? Pubs? eating places? maybe not the place for me then ............ where's that bl**dy Passport gone .....

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

 

[Wayne Little]

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Still on the food thoughts the day we went to Pérouges was also my birthday and when we returned to the boat that evening there was a bit of a surprise waiting. A nice bottle of Champaign on ice and two glasses in the cabin and when we went to dinner, after all the eating and such, a little fanfare sounded and out came the crew with a birthday cake. Here are a couple of the dinner pics.

The next morning we had moved further up the river to Tournus, yet another cute Burgundy town which had this quaint old monastery to explore.

This was one very huge organ seemingly suspended in space and believe it or not it was worked by three huge bellows positioned behind the organ in a separate chamber.

One very deep well beneath in the catacombs below the alter.

The light was on a time switch and kept shutting off. It was very dark.

 

[fubar57]

Almost midnight here and suddenly I'm very hungry. Nice shots Vic.

Geo

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Thanks Geo, hope you had a good feast.

 

[Wayne Little]

Thanks again vic for sharing!

 

[Airframes]

Strewth Vic! I would have sent that meal back - there's a bl**dy great creature crawling across the plate, trying to eat the salad !!
Great pics mate, and what a great Birthday surprise.

 

[Lucky13]

Fantastic pics! Glad that there are still someone, with common sense in the world, what a loss it would have been!

 

[Crimea_River]

Good ones Vic!