Chalon-sur-Soane, Sunday, 5 October 2008

A Layover day in Chalon-sur-Soane.  Breakfast on board with eggs or omelets of choice with brioche toast and coffee.  Once the breakfast dishes were cleared, we grabbed our grocery bags and headed to the Sunday market in the center of town.  It was amazing to see the square by the church filled with vendors of all kinds.  We bought a roasted chicken and potatoes, bread, a tapenade with black olives and figs, cauliflower, haricot verts, pears to poach for dessert, celeric, turnips, and red onion.  On the way back to the boat we stopped at a bistro, sat outside in the sun and enjoyed cappuccino and hot chocolate.  Chalon-sur-Soane is by far the largest town we have encountered so far. We took advantage of the sun and breeze to hang our towels out to dry.  Shoe and Carol left for a walk around town, we hung out on the boat and relaxed in the sunshine.  For Sunday dinner we had roasted chicken (rotisserie) with potatoes and roasted cauliflower and way too much wine.