title A Short Holiday in Chivres, Burgundy, France - 21st July 2001 intro 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. dcp_0365 Bruno and Sis dcp_0366 Judith and Neil dcp_0367 Caroline and Bruno, and a plate of profiteroles dcp_0369 A clock tower somewhere dcp_0371 Sis looks around dcp_0374 Sis roams through the streets of Beaune dcp_0379 The Hospices de Beaune dcp_0381 The cobbles of the Hospices de Beaune dcp_0386 An old tapestry dcp_0387 Centre ville dcp_0388 A back street dcp_0391 Bruno does the barbeque scan_2020-04-03-010 Sis with a glass of wine scan_2020-04-03-011 Caroline dcp_0392 The view out of the back of Hirondelle dcp_0394 Sis, Judith and meat-on-a-stick dcp_0397 Sis offers up a toast dcp_0399 Nosher around the table dcp_0402 Grandmother and Judith dcp_0407 A rural scene dcp_0409 The Mairie-Ecole, near the house dcp_0410 Mairie-Ecole - Mayor's house and school dcp_0412 The road up from the house dcp_0413 A timber-framed building dcp_0417 The back garden of our impressive rented house dcp_0418 The swimming pool dcp_0425 A war memorial dcp_0426 The streets of Beaune dcp_0427 A river somewhere dcp_0433 Some stained glass dcp_0436 Stained glass casts coloured light on the floor dcp_0439 A fairly modern stained glass window dcp_0442 Nosher does a selfie against a wall dcp_0444 A wide river dcp_0445 The Bar des Autobus dcp_0447 Nosher sits back dcp_0449 Bar-table parasols dcp_0457 Judith in the kitchen dcp_0462 Sis reads a book as Caroline marches around dcp_0464 Neil mills around dcp_0468 Nosher in shades dcp_0469 More old buildings dcp_0472 Sis on a stine seat dcp_0473 Grandmother sits down scan_2020-04-03-031 Nosher flakes out scan_2020-04-03-032 Grandmother scan_2020-04-03-033 Grandmother, Caroline and Neil dcp_0474 Sis waves dcp_0475 Bruno grabs some nuts as Grandmother looks on dcp_0477 Sis and grandmother dcp_0478 Drinks at a bar somewhere dcp_0479 Dinner at the Restaurant Maxime in Beaune dcp_0483 Judith's eyes do their thing again dcp_0484 Caroline and Neil dcp_0485 The lights of Restaurant Maxime dcp_0487 Beaune's Hotel de Ville scan_2020-04-03-022 Nosher outside the town hall dcp_0490 The shiny bust of some dude dcp_0496 Sis sits on a low bench in Dijon dcp_0499 A column of limestone dcp_0503 The vineyards of Burgundy dcp_0504 Another vineyard view dcp_0508 On the Rue Gaston Roupnel in Beaune dcp_0509 A wine-tours horse and cart trots by dcp_0514 Sis roams around by old fermentation tanks dcp_0519 The Chateau de Savigny dcp_0520 There's a whole collection of wrecked aircraft dcp_0521 A Sepecat Jaguar A dcp_0522 The engine bay of something scan_2020-04-03-012 Nosher with a bit of three-day stubble going on dcp_0523 The Hirondelle's dining room dcp_0524 The lounge dcp_0526 Another dinner around the table in the garden