Eating healthily on your Camping Vacation in Burgundy.

Wine round the Bend Burgundy Barge Bliss Read Jetsetters Mag at dijon in burgundy To read this whole feature FREE with photographs cut and paste this link : burgundy wines Reflected daylight from the water outside dances on the chestnut ceiling of my cabin the 1st morning I awaken on board the posh barge La Belle poque. A giant white swan approaches with bated breath, followed by a couple of mallard ducks. After a shower in the tiled lavatory and rub-down with a thick nautical blue towel, I head upstairs. While I was still gazing at the ceiling of my cabin, Captain Lee had been in the hamlet of Auxerre purchasing fresh baguettes, croissants and pain chocolate. Once a working canal barge, it's been re-designed with both subtlety and passenger comfort under consideration. The salon is hunter green, rose and mahogany, with cushty banquettes and vases of fresh cut flowers. There are a sundeck, spa, sauna, fitness studio, and bikes for guests to ride along the canal trails. It is a fine fall day in France, still summer in the afternoons, with nights that supply a crisp reminder of winter to come. A two 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 bubbly welcome accompanied by freshly-baked popovers. Beaune vineyards. At the junction of the Canal du Nivernais and the Brook Yonne, Auxerre was a vital city on the traditional north-south road thru France. Its a hideous image, but happily something that is now a thing of the past as many of Europes quality campsites boasts all sort of hotel style features from cafes to bakeries to quality supermarkets on site. Nonetheless, if you are still left concerned about the standard of the food on your trip, then why don't you consider one of Burgundys campsites? This area of France is known for its high living and gourmand eating, so you are definite to be in for a culinary treat. Coq au Vin follows a corresponding formula, only with chicken rather than meat. There are certain to be some eateries near your campsite in Burgundy serving this type of food, given its such a popular local fare. There are numerous other meat if you are not a chicken or meat eater, varied hams, hare, calf head and even some brook fish generally poached in white wine, with bacon, onions, garlic and butter. The best ones are Chaource ( creamy and white ), St-Florentin, the orange skinned poisses and various sorts of goats cheese from Morvan.

Barge speed is restricted to three miles per hour on the canals and ten miles per hour on the rivers. La Belle poque slides into a chamber to rest while a collection of gates at every end closes so the water level can be lowered or raised. This wood trade was the key revenue stream for this area till the 1920s.