After spending a day in Metz earlier this week, we left on Tuesday for a two-day visit to Dijon for our eighth anniversary. We drove in the rain on the freeway and arrived about three hours later in Dijon, the capital of the duchy of Burgundy. We had booked a hotel right in the center of town, so we parked the car in the garage and set off on foot to get a feel for the city.
We visited the old district of the city around the palace of the dukes of Burgundy, walking by stone mansions and half-timbered 15th and 16th houses. That night, we took a bus to an alternative art space in the suburbs north of the city center to hear the "Big Band of Students" of the Conservatoire de Dijon play the music of Pink Floyd arranged for big band. Watching the students enjoy themselves as they played was quite wonderful.
The following day, we visited the Musee des Beaux-Arts in the ducal palace, walked down to the Dijon synagogue and had lunch nearby, then relaxed before enjoying a fabulous 6-course dinner at Stephane Derbord on the Place Wilson.
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