First weekend away with baby!
Eric's first fete!
Originally uploaded by Oneoverbeta My choice for a 5-year anniversary gift was a weekend away - I wanted to get back into sightseeing so we can see a bit more of Europe before eventually moving back to the U.S. We'd traveled with Eric before, but always to visit family, so this was our first real "trip" with Eric, staying in a hotel and all that.
We went to the French town of Dijon, about 3 hours away from Geneva. We left Friday evening, spend Saturday and Sunday morning in Dijon, and Sunday afternoon in Beaune before heading back Sunday night. It was a great trip! We're learning that Eric would much rather be outside tooling around than sitting at home. Home is just too boring for him, he's seen everything already!
We happened to be in Dijon on the day of Fete de la Musique, France's national day of music festivals. The music was a little loud for Eric, but we still stayed for a little while before heading back to the hotel. And Dijon's museums are free, which was great with a baby! We could go in for as long as he would let us and we didn't worry about wasting 20 euros on 10 minutes in an art museum. We saw the requisite several churches, spent some time in some pretty parks, and even managed to eat dinner in a brasserie while Eric chilled in his stroller.
Sunday we drove through the Bourgogne vineyards to the town of Beaune, a big wine place. We had a nice lunch, went to the museum of wine, which was interesting (albeit with very dated displays), and even did a wine tasting. The tasting was a total ripoff (the Lonely Planet, unusually, steered us wrong there), but you have to get suckered once per trip, right? It also re-confirmed our knowledge that we are just not wine people.
Next up is a trip home to the U.S. in July for my sister's wedding and to visit family. And in August we'll have to take another weekend trip!
Flickr has a few more photos of the trip.