Blogs from Beaune, Burgundy, France, Europe - page 7

I know, I know, having not heard from us for 3 months, some of you then suddenly get 8 Blog alerts. You are not alone. I even managed to send them to myself. The Blog site suffered a serious gremlin attack. Whilst sneakily sending some of you the alert, it was telling me, “error, unable to publish”. I did what any normal computer-impatient person would do, and just kept hitting the send button….. 8 times apparently! It then published the Blog in some parallel universe, where it could only be accessed in a most convoluted manner…..but not by me, who, at this time, still thought it unpublished, and continued to hit that key. I then found I wasn’t the only one having a problem. Ali, the poor guy who runs Travelblog, was receiving many “help ... read more

Holidays are here again and it’s France this time. We had booked a rather strange one – 1 week in a chalet in Annecy and the other week would be spent in Brittany visiting friends who ran a bed and breakfast just outside Dinan. Our half way stop along the way was going to be Beaune a beautiful Burgundian town with the famous Hotel Dieu and the multi coloured roofs of red, brown, yellow and green. Our journey was uneventful as the car swallowed up the French motorway miles. Just like the M6 when it was first opened. We arrived later in the afternoon and were staying in a Campanile just outside of the town. By the time we arrived the visitors had thinned out and we found a peaceful oasis of calm. How can you ... read more

Quick note from Burgundy. Have just spent 2 days in this beautiful countryside: Our hotel looks out on the vineyards as does just about everything. Today we drive to Roanne to experience our special dinner at TROISGROS restaurant. More later... ... read more