After a shower in the tiled bog and rub-down with a thick nautical blue towel, I head upstairs. On an antique oak sideboard in the main salon hostesses Fanny and Barbara have laid out a breakfast of granolas, yogurt, and fresh fruit.
The salon is hunter green, rose and mahogany, with comfy banquettes and vases of fresh flowers. There are a deck, spa, sauna, fitness studio, and bicycles for guests to ride the canal trails. A 2 hour journey by minivan thru rolling French country had brought us to the medieval city of Auxerre, where La Belle poque and her crew awaited. We enjoyed a champers welcome accompanied by freshly-baked popovers. After meeting the crew and getting settled into our cabins, we explored the cobblestone streets and trendy shops of Auxerre. Coq au Vin follows an identical formula, only with chicken rather than meat. There are lots of other meats if you are not a chicken or meat eater, diverse hams, hare, calf head and even some stream fish often poached in white wine, with bacon, onions, garlic and butter. Eventually naturally, there are the snails, and though many of us will turn their noses up at them, the standard escargots are tasty, served as they are stewed with Chablis, carrots, onions and shallots, then full of garlic and parsley butter. In France there may be more than 2,700 miles of inland waterways including a 750-mile network of connecting canals. It was first built to move wood from the Morvan forests to meet the firewood demands of Paris. This wood trade was the main source of revenue for this area till the 1920s. After lunch there's another lock, and whilst the barge rests we pile into European Waterways' minivan. "This is the one place in Burgundy To read this complete feature FREE with footage cut'n'paste cut & paste this link : Famous Burgundy Reds Carolyn Proctor, Jetsetters Mag Hack Read Jetsetters Mag at burgundy grapes to order travel visit Jetstreams.
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