A Short Holiday in Beaune, Burgundy, France - 21st July 2001

As a large family contingent is over in Geneva for cousin Elisa's wedding, Neil arranges to rent a spacious villa called Les Hirondelles in Chivres, over the border in France and near to the town of Beaune in Bourgoine. Nosher, Sis, Neil, Caroline, Grandmother, Judith and Bruno are all there.

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Bruno and Sis, A Short Holiday in Chivres, Burgundy, France - 21st July 2001

Bruno and Sis

Judith and Neil, A Short Holiday in Chivres, Burgundy, France - 21st July 2001

Judith and Neil

Caroline and Bruno, and a plate of profiteroles, A Short Holiday in Chivres, Burgundy, France - 21st July 2001

Caroline and Bruno, and a plate of profiteroles

A clock tower somewhere, A Short Holiday in Chivres, Burgundy, France - 21st July 2001

A clock tower somewhere

Sis looks around, A Short Holiday in Chivres, Burgundy, France - 21st July 2001

Sis looks around

Sis roams through the streets of Beaune, A Short Holiday in Chivres, Burgundy, France - 21st July 2001

Sis roams through the streets of Beaune

The Hospices de Beaune, A Short Holiday in Chivres, Burgundy, France - 21st July 2001

The Hospices de Beaune

The cobbles of the Hospices de Beaune, A Short Holiday in Chivres, Burgundy, France - 21st July 2001

The cobbles of the Hospices de Beaune

An old tapestry, A Short Holiday in Chivres, Burgundy, France - 21st July 2001

An old tapestry

Centre ville, A Short Holiday in Chivres, Burgundy, France - 21st July 2001

Centre ville

A back street, A Short Holiday in Chivres, Burgundy, France - 21st July 2001

A back street

Bruno does the barbeque, A Short Holiday in Chivres, Burgundy, France - 21st July 2001

Bruno does the barbeque

Sis with a glass of wine, A Short Holiday in Chivres, Burgundy, France - 21st July 2001

Sis with a glass of wine

Caroline, A Short Holiday in Chivres, Burgundy, France - 21st July 2001

Caroline

The view out of the back of Hirondelle, A Short Holiday in Chivres, Burgundy, France - 21st July 2001

The view out of the back of Hirondelle

Sis, Judith and meat-on-a-stick, A Short Holiday in Chivres, Burgundy, France - 21st July 2001

Sis, Judith and meat-on-a-stick

Sis offers up a toast, A Short Holiday in Chivres, Burgundy, France - 21st July 2001

Sis offers up a toast

Nosher around the table, A Short Holiday in Chivres, Burgundy, France - 21st July 2001

Nosher around the table

Grandmother and Judith, A Short Holiday in Chivres, Burgundy, France - 21st July 2001

Grandmother and Judith

A rural scene, A Short Holiday in Chivres, Burgundy, France - 21st July 2001

A rural scene

The Mairie-Ecole, near the house, A Short Holiday in Chivres, Burgundy, France - 21st July 2001

The Mairie-Ecole, near the house

Mairie-Ecole - Mayor's house and school, A Short Holiday in Chivres, Burgundy, France - 21st July 2001

Mairie-Ecole - Mayor's house and school

The road up from the house, A Short Holiday in Chivres, Burgundy, France - 21st July 2001

The road up from the house

A timber-framed building, A Short Holiday in Chivres, Burgundy, France - 21st July 2001

A timber-framed building

The back garden of our impressive rented house, A Short Holiday in Chivres, Burgundy, France - 21st July 2001

The back garden of our impressive rented house

The swimming pool, A Short Holiday in Chivres, Burgundy, France - 21st July 2001

The swimming pool

A war memorial, A Short Holiday in Chivres, Burgundy, France - 21st July 2001

A war memorial

The streets of Beaune, A Short Holiday in Chivres, Burgundy, France - 21st July 2001

The streets of Beaune

The river at Seurre, A Short Holiday in Chivres, Burgundy, France - 21st July 2001

The river at Seurre

Some stained glass, A Short Holiday in Chivres, Burgundy, France - 21st July 2001

Some stained glass

Stained glass casts coloured light on the floor, A Short Holiday in Chivres, Burgundy, France - 21st July 2001

Stained glass casts coloured light on the floor

A fairly modern stained glass window, A Short Holiday in Chivres, Burgundy, France - 21st July 2001

A fairly modern stained glass window

Nosher does a selfie against a wall, A Short Holiday in Chivres, Burgundy, France - 21st July 2001

Nosher does a selfie against a wall

A wide river at Seurre, A Short Holiday in Chivres, Burgundy, France - 21st July 2001

A wide river at Seurre

The Bar des Autobus, A Short Holiday in Chivres, Burgundy, France - 21st July 2001

The Bar des Autobus

Nosher sits back, A Short Holiday in Chivres, Burgundy, France - 21st July 2001

Nosher sits back

Bar-table parasols, A Short Holiday in Chivres, Burgundy, France - 21st July 2001

Bar-table parasols

Judith in the kitchen, A Short Holiday in Chivres, Burgundy, France - 21st July 2001

Judith in the kitchen

Sis reads a book as Caroline marches around, A Short Holiday in Chivres, Burgundy, France - 21st July 2001

Sis reads a book as Caroline marches around

Neil mills around, A Short Holiday in Chivres, Burgundy, France - 21st July 2001

Neil mills around

Nosher in shades, A Short Holiday in Chivres, Burgundy, France - 21st July 2001

Nosher in shades

More old buildings, A Short Holiday in Chivres, Burgundy, France - 21st July 2001

More old buildings

Sis on a stine seat, A Short Holiday in Chivres, Burgundy, France - 21st July 2001

Sis on a stine seat

Grandmother sits down, A Short Holiday in Chivres, Burgundy, France - 21st July 2001

Grandmother sits down

Nosher flakes out, A Short Holiday in Chivres, Burgundy, France - 21st July 2001

Nosher flakes out

Grandmother, A Short Holiday in Chivres, Burgundy, France - 21st July 2001

Grandmother

Grandmother, Caroline and Neil, A Short Holiday in Chivres, Burgundy, France - 21st July 2001

Grandmother, Caroline and Neil

Sis waves, A Short Holiday in Chivres, Burgundy, France - 21st July 2001

Sis waves

Bruno grabs some nuts as Grandmother looks on, A Short Holiday in Chivres, Burgundy, France - 21st July 2001

Bruno grabs some nuts as Grandmother looks on

Sis and grandmother, A Short Holiday in Chivres, Burgundy, France - 21st July 2001

Sis and grandmother

Drinks at a bar somewhere, A Short Holiday in Chivres, Burgundy, France - 21st July 2001

Drinks at a bar somewhere

Dinner at the Restaurant Maxime in Beaune, A Short Holiday in Chivres, Burgundy, France - 21st July 2001

Dinner at the Restaurant Maxime in Beaune

Judith's eyes do their thing again, A Short Holiday in Chivres, Burgundy, France - 21st July 2001

Judith's eyes do their thing again

Caroline and Neil, A Short Holiday in Chivres, Burgundy, France - 21st July 2001

Caroline and Neil

The lights of Restaurant Maxime, A Short Holiday in Chivres, Burgundy, France - 21st July 2001

The lights of Restaurant Maxime

Beaune's Hotel de Ville, A Short Holiday in Chivres, Burgundy, France - 21st July 2001

Beaune's Hotel de Ville

Nosher outside the town hall, A Short Holiday in Chivres, Burgundy, France - 21st July 2001

Nosher outside the town hall

The shiny bust of some dude, A Short Holiday in Chivres, Burgundy, France - 21st July 2001

The shiny bust of some dude

Sis sits on a low bench in Dijon, A Short Holiday in Chivres, Burgundy, France - 21st July 2001

Sis sits on a low bench in Dijon

A column of limestone, A Short Holiday in Chivres, Burgundy, France - 21st July 2001

A column of limestone

The vineyards of Burgundy, A Short Holiday in Chivres, Burgundy, France - 21st July 2001

The vineyards of Burgundy

Another vineyard view, A Short Holiday in Chivres, Burgundy, France - 21st July 2001

Another vineyard view

On the Rue Gaston Roupnel in Beaune, A Short Holiday in Chivres, Burgundy, France - 21st July 2001

On the Rue Gaston Roupnel in Beaune

A wine-tours horse and cart trots by, A Short Holiday in Chivres, Burgundy, France - 21st July 2001

A wine-tours horse and cart trots by

Sis roams around by old fermentation tanks, A Short Holiday in Chivres, Burgundy, France - 21st July 2001

Sis roams around by old fermentation tanks

The Chateau de Savigny, A Short Holiday in Chivres, Burgundy, France - 21st July 2001

The Chateau de Savigny

There's a whole collection of wrecked aircraft, A Short Holiday in Chivres, Burgundy, France - 21st July 2001

There's a whole collection of wrecked aircraft

A Sepecat Jaguar A, A Short Holiday in Chivres, Burgundy, France - 21st July 2001

A Sepecat Jaguar A

The engine bay of something, A Short Holiday in Chivres, Burgundy, France - 21st July 2001

The engine bay of something

Nosher with a bit of three-day stubble going on, A Short Holiday in Chivres, Burgundy, France - 21st July 2001

Nosher with a bit of three-day stubble going on

The Hirondelle's dining room, A Short Holiday in Chivres, Burgundy, France - 21st July 2001

The Hirondelle's dining room

The lounge, A Short Holiday in Chivres, Burgundy, France - 21st July 2001

The lounge

Another dinner around the table in the garden, A Short Holiday in Chivres, Burgundy, France - 21st July 2001

Another dinner around the table in the garden

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Bruno and Sis

Bruno and Sis

Judith and Neil

Caroline and Bruno, and a plate of profiteroles

A clock tower somewhere

Sis looks around

Sis roams through the streets of Beaune

The Hospices de Beaune

The cobbles of the Hospices de Beaune

An old tapestry

Centre ville

A back street

Bruno does the barbeque

Sis with a glass of wine

Caroline

The view out of the back of Hirondelle

Sis, Judith and meat-on-a-stick

Sis offers up a toast

Nosher around the table

Grandmother and Judith

A rural scene

The Mairie-Ecole, near the house

Mairie-Ecole - Mayor's house and school

The road up from the house

A timber-framed building

The back garden of our impressive rented house

The swimming pool

A war memorial

The streets of Beaune

The river at Seurre

Some stained glass

Stained glass casts coloured light on the floor

A fairly modern stained glass window

Nosher does a selfie against a wall

A wide river at Seurre

The Bar des Autobus

Nosher sits back

Bar-table parasols

Judith in the kitchen

Sis reads a book as Caroline marches around

Neil mills around

Nosher in shades

More old buildings

Sis on a stine seat

Grandmother sits down

Nosher flakes out

Grandmother

Grandmother, Caroline and Neil

Sis waves

Bruno grabs some nuts as Grandmother looks on

Sis and grandmother

Drinks at a bar somewhere

Dinner at the Restaurant Maxime in Beaune

Judith's eyes do their thing again

Caroline and Neil

The lights of Restaurant Maxime

Beaune's Hotel de Ville

Nosher outside the town hall

The shiny bust of some dude

Sis sits on a low bench in Dijon

A column of limestone

The vineyards of Burgundy

Another vineyard view

On the Rue Gaston Roupnel in Beaune

A wine-tours horse and cart trots by

Sis roams around by old fermentation tanks

The Chateau de Savigny

There's a whole collection of wrecked aircraft

A Sepecat Jaguar A

The engine bay of something

Nosher with a bit of three-day stubble going on

The Hirondelle's dining room

The lounge

Another dinner around the table in the garden