Sunday, September 30th, 2018

Last fall, I spent a few days in Burgundy in a rented apartment in Beaune. The landlord, Andre had moved to Beaune and bought a building to use as vacation rentals in he retirement. He sung the praises of St. Germain en Laye, a town just east of Paris and easily reached by RER train, free with the Navigo pass. I chose to go on Sunday because that is their market day. It’s about a 40 minute train ride east of the city, but the market did not disappoint. There’s a pretty nice castle, a big church and then a huge market covering the whole square. The castle turns out to have some amazing gardens and whole town sits up on a plateau with great views towards Paris. Spent some time poking around the side streets and walking in the gardens before eating a quick lunch and taking the train back to town.

That little nub on the right is the top of the Eiffel Tower.