Cogny Itinerary

In Lyon:  Arrivals span 3 days

Wednesday--Barbara Lange and Judith Fordham, 11:15 am

Thursday--Ben, Moira, Barry, 12:15 pm; John and Rose, 2 pm; Brooke and Mary via train

Friday--Carolyn and Jeff, 11:40 am

Thursday night in Lyon--no plan!

Friday--Les Halles and Oyster lunch at Merle; hammam spa for women in the afternoon with tea

Saturday--picking up the 2 vans at 10 and collecting everyone at Hotel Celestine at 11 am to drive to Cogny.

Arrive Cogny mid-afternoon and meet our conversation partners and their English teacher Brigitte (Barbara Lange's friend). We take a hike (45 minutes) through the woods to go to a restaurant for a fixed price meal.

Arrange for rides home after the dinner so we are not hiking in the dark.

Sunday--all day at the Fete des Crus in Fleurie, where we will have a substantial lunch (ordering half ham and half roast beef dinners). Dinner TBD, depends on when we get back

http://www.fetedescrus-beaujolais.com/

Monday--early morning trip to Villefranche market for ingredients for cooking session when we will prepare our dinner for that evening (Cassoulet, anyone?) Afternoon trip to the iconic chapel on Mont Brouilly for a private tour.Wine tasting at Michel Perroud's brother's family cellar. Dinner at home.

Tuesday--driving tour of the Golden Stones region

www.villagesdefrance.free.fr/.../page69_paysbeaujolais.htm

and visit a medieval castle at Montmelas        

 http://www.chateau-montmelas.com/?pagename=le-chateau 

tea at the Chateau de Bagnols 

http://www.chateaudebagnols.co.uk/

Dinner at home if we are hungry

Wednesday-- Beaujeu market, visit to the oil works, drive to twelfth century chapel and have lunch in the country, visit a honey producer, cooking lesson in the afternoon, maybe with Annie Dutreve, Nathalie and Ghislaine's aunt (her specialty is Coq au Vin)

Thursday--visit the wine park 
http://www.hameauduvin.com/
go to Chateau de Briante and meet Herve (Nathalie and Ghislaine's brother) and his wife Alex 

No wonder those frog's legs taste so good!

have dinner in the village of St. Lager--are you ready for frog's legs? 

Friday--Visit market in Villefranche for any shopping needs; chill day

Saturday--one van departs Cogny 8 am to get to airport by 10 for Ben, Moira and Barry's return flight at noon; the other van leaves about an hour later to also have the vehicle back to the airport by 10 am; likely to be juggling luggage