where can i buy isotretinoin without a perscription? First item on the agenda is to arrange to get to Gray on Wednesday. Weather forecast is not looking good but we’ll take what comes. A driver will pick us up here at the hotel on Wednesday at 11 AM, giving us time to explore Gray and lay in provisions beyond what we ordered when we obtained the boat.
After a short ride on the free bus, we started the day at the Museum of Burgundian Life in the former Couvent des Bernardines. It covered local history, including furnishings, clothing, household items, and objects from the past that bring to life daily habits and traditions at the end of th 19th century. On the upper floor a whole street has been re-created, including a pharmacy, a furrier, a butcher (shop run after death of husband in 1956 by wife until she was 93. At 93, she turned the whole shop over to the museum. The butcher block was so worn, displayed years and years of knifework), a beauty shop (some items looked like items of torture not beauty), corner grocery, milliner, and a toy store. The third floor displayed tools used in the major industries of Burgundy: stone, wood, and vineyards. The architecture of the former convent was austere/severe but graceful in its own right.
From there we walked over to the Cathedral St-Benigne. St Benigne was the first martyr of the region. The cathedral’s west facing front has two towers with conical roofs of multicolored tiles common in the area. The interior is rather austere, fairly unadorned. Most of St Benigne’s own art works were lost during the French revolution. The massive organ dates from 1743. We went down into the crypt, where the remains of the sarcophagus for St Begnigne who died in 200BC were laid to rest. The sarcophagus faces a rotunda which is built in the style of the architecture of the tomb of Christ in Jerusalem (built in 4C). There are three circles of columns radiating out from the center. There are only 8 rotundas of this type in the world.
We got back on the free bus and headed toward Place de la Republique hoping to find a place to eat lunch on a terrace in the sun. Unfortunately, the place was mostly parking so we headed around to Les Halles, Place Francois Rude, and finally, Place de la Liberation before settling in at a bistro we lunched previously.
After lunch, we headed over to Eglise St-Michel, consecrated in 1529. Its façade was completed in Renaissance style in the 17th century. Our interest was sparked by its towers, sort of minaret in style, and its namesake the archangel Michael. Of the three doorways in the façade, the right doorway is the oldest dating from 1537.
Leaving the church we stumbled into the Musee de Francois Rude. Many of his sculptures and bronzes (huge in scale) can be found in the Louvre. We had seen his name many times, obviously he was from this area.
On our way back to the hotel, we revisited Notre-Dame to take some more photos and to rub the owl one more time for good luck and hopefully good weather on our cruise. We discovered that the “arc triompheâ€-like building near the hotel is the Porte Guillaume, an 18th century triumphal arch named for the 11th century reformer of the St-Benigne Benedictine abbey, Guillaume de Volpiano. Originally inserted in part of the town’s Roman ramparts, it was left free-standing when the ramparts were demolished at the end of the 19th century.
