We slept in late and had an American breakfast in bed it showed up on large tray with bread, pastries, a variety of jams, honey, cereal, cooked breakfast plate and a large pot of tea (thankfully we only ordered for 1 person).

We finally checked out at noon, wondered out the valley and decided to check out the local Beaujolais wines. Tony really enjoyed the wine last night at dinner so we went on the hunt for it. It turns out there is 10 Crus (prestige areas where Beaujolais comes from, normally the Beaujolais wine which England gets is the general plonk is from the South of the region).

We went to 6 places, starting with Beaujolais, Beaujolais Villages, Morgon-Ville, Fleurie, Moulin a Vent & Chenas and picked up about 14 bottles of Beaujolais. We also learnt that Beaujolais Blanc is not made of Gamay grapes but Chardonnay grapes. (Champagne is made of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier grapes).

After so many wine tastings, we finally made it in to Loire Valley by evening and checked in to our hotel just in time before the reception closed. We found a Chinese restaurant next door to grab some food, as we walked in it was packed out and considering it was 10.30pm; it was very surprising. It turned out to be a buffet evening and we managed to try a little of everything.