While Dijon might like to think of itself as head and shoulders (Well, at least a head) above its neighbours, we decided to check out the surrounding area – but by car.*
At Châteauneuf, there is a castle to explore
And from one of its balconies, a view down below of the Canal de Bourgogne – the thin blue line across the centre of the photo – starting from the left. (You’ll see in Chap. 126 that in August 2021, we finally got to travel that stretch of the canal. Don’t peek. Keep going through the chapters chronologically. You’ll get there. Quicker than we did.)
* We had booked a rental car online. The day before we were to pick it up, Jeannie got a call from the company. A very worried employee was concerned we wouldn’t know how to work the transmission. In a hesitant voice, she asked Jeannie, “Can you drive an automatic?” Jeannie assured her that we could.