Dijon market

In the morning, as if we hadn’t eaten enough, we headed to the marché des halles for breakfast. I bought us a couple of pain aux raisins, and we went and found a pleasant little café to enjoy them, whilst sitting outside with a grand crème (milky coffee). Our view was of the spectacular iron and glass structure of the market. The building was inspired by the Eiffel company, but it was the plans of engineer Louis-Clément Weinberger that were used for the building, which took 5 years to build. It was opened in 1875, and is now a listed Historical Monument.

It started our day very well.

The market in Dijon is open most days, but on a Friday they also have additional local stalls around the outside. The place was full, and bustling with all sorts of people looking for something tasty to eat.

We came away rather laden with bags of delicious delights.