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Walking Burgundy - An Active French Vacation

Beaune has several museums, and one of them is naturally a Wine Museum. The Fine Arts Museum offers you Flemish and Dutch paintings from the 16th and 17th century, The Beaune Hospice: Gothic architecture and finally you can discover the world of the blackcurrant at "Le Cassissium" or be taken through centuries of traditional and family-run mustard production at The Fallot Mustard Mill.

The Burgundy area is famous worldwide for wine but the local cuisine is worth writing home about as well. Burgundy has a range of culinary specialties like goat's cheese, Charolais beef, Bresse chicken and Burgundy snails. And just imagine: you have decided on a walking holiday, so you don't have to worry about calories - You can spoil your taste buds and walk them off. Great!

Burgundy is a perfect place for an active French vacation. Walking Burgundy means walking among vineyards and rolling hills. Pass through quaint villages in the French landscape and take time at a local cafe - to let it all sink in.

Every Saturday morning you can visit the local outdoor market. Be aware that the city  gets very crowed on market days. However a visit is worth the hassle - especially if you are a food lover. You will find a wide variety of goods, including food, at this market.

You can get to Beaune by air, train or car.

The nearest airport is Dijon-Bourgogne. The airport is located 6 km south-east of Dijon, and currently served by flights from 15 French cities and a number of European cities.

By train Beaune can be reached in 1hour and 20 minutes from Lyon, 2 hours from Valence, 3 hours from Marseille and 4 hours from Toulon. Beaune is linked with Paris by TGV high speed train.

By car you take the A-6 from Paris, and the drive is approximately 2 and a half hour.

Have you packed your walking shoes yet?

About the Author

Walking Holidays in France is part of the huge world wide travel site "Finca Fantastica Travel" and offers you several French walking destinations to choose from.

 

Leo Jensen painting, and info on it?

My grandmother gave me a original painting by Leo Jensen. I know he was a dutch artist who painted for playboy in the 60's but i was wondering if anybody had any info on what his work is worth. Im not looking to sell it because my grandma's paintings are very dear to me now that she has passed. i plan on taking it to somebody to have it cleaned and put in a new frame to protect it. its hand signed on the front and its labeled on the back "nude subject number 1" i have found that somebody sold a print on ebay for $100 of the exact painting that i have. here is a link to the painting that i have. its simply beautiful.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&_trksid=p4340.l2557&item=160585235578&nma=true&rt=nc&si=yzeP6zPVotDT3%252FeSCe5EStWg7%252F0%253D

thanks for any help!

His name might be pronounced as jEnsen, but it is jAnsen (ltt.: "the son of Jan")) all information is found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Jansen

He still has a personal page http://leojansen.net/

enjoy

Kees Malingre Netherlands

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