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- Un bien bon bonbon
We spent the day touring around the hilly, green, pastoral Côte d’Or (Gold Coast) in the north of Burgundy, hitting the France trifecta – hill town, religious monument and château. The hill town was the beautiful Plus Beaux Village of Flavigny-sur-Ozerain. Seriously, a picture perfect, flower-filled little place with the “factory” where the very famous Anis de Flavigny candy is crafted and has been for centuries. Next was the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Abbeye de Fontenay, a Cistercian abbey founded by Saint Bernard in 1118 and beautifully restored. The château was Bussy-Rabutin, the exile home of Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy who “fell into disgrace for allegedly having taken part in an orgy at the Château de Roissy near Paris, during Holy Week. Bussy was ordered by Louis XIV to retire to his estates…“.