Day 36 - Hills of Burgundy

Last night we went to get ice cream. Creme Glace. 

We walked into the little town, and found the Town Hall (Hotel de Ville), the old city walls, an impressive church, some quaint old homes and paths. 

But no ice cream. 

It was 32 Celsius, still sunny and hot at 8 pm. And not a scoop of ice cream to be found. 

Home sick for Lola's! 

I found a hard candy that came from the place we stayed in San Sebastian. I have to say, that little candy tasted so good. Not ice cream, for sure, but grateful for the sweet little treat at the bottom of my tube bag.  Thinking next year maybe we need to try Italy, I am quite sure I could find gelato anywhere, anytime. 

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Today we found some hills. Nothing too dramatic, but let's just say we used every gear we brought. An early climb to wake up the legs, and some lovely long downhills on quiet smooth roads. 

It was a very pretty ride, mostly through poppy lined crop fields, and some wooded areas (for some needed shade).  No vineyards yet. Hard to capture the rolling hills in photos. I gave it a try. 

We are now in Auxerre. Quite an impressive town to ride into with two great churches high in the center of town. Photos to follow, we will explore the town tomorrow. 

There is a canal too, and we had fun drinking our "finished cycling for the day" beer, watching a game of kayak basketball / polo. Not sure what it was but it was impressive the way they moved the kayaks and the ball, and used the paddles to defend the net. I think the red team definitely won, even though they only had 2 players versus 3 in yellow. 

We are in a pleasant municipal camp ground across from the large soccer stadium (stade). A few fellow-velos here, but we really haven't seen many other cyclists these last few days. 

Tomorrow Chablis!  (I made your mouth water, didn't I!?)

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