Beautiful Burgundy!!!!

We have arrived safely in Burgundy in Villers-la-Faye. Our flights were not problematic until we arrived in Frankfurt 20 minutes late. As we had a very quick turn-around to connect to Lyon on Lufthansa, we missed our connection by 10 minutes. Actually the plane had not yet departed but they had closed boarding at the gate and we were hooped!! This resulted in our having to go to the Air Canada counter in the main building to be re-ticketed on a later flight, then back to the Lufthansa counter so they could issue our boarding passes (so much for the Star Alliance thing -- they obviously do not work together!). Then we had a 4 hour wait for our flight to Lyon. We arrived in Lyon at 6:30 pm. Our luggage did not appear on the carousel until the very end (!) so we were, of course, concerned that it had not made its way to France. But it did, finally, show up and we took the shuttle bus to the car rental kiosk where we were given the keys to our rental for the month (a Toyota Yaris)! There was a couple in line ahead of us at the kiosk who took forever to sort out their rental -- about 30 minutes!! Then we were off on our road trip from Lyon to Villers-la-Faye -- about 2 hours via the motorway where the speed limit is 130kmph. So, you know no one was actually going that slow!! Richard brought our GPS with us with a download of a map of France which was invaluable in getting us here to the village. It was dark well before we arrived but Richard did exceptionally well navigating along the toll-way (! cost of 12.30 euro for the trip) and finding La Maison des Chaume in the dark. Our vacation rental home here is fantastic! It surpasses our expectations and will be extremely comfortable for our 28 day stay. It is so well maintained and equipped with everything we could possibly need. The Owners were even kind enough to leave a bottle of Burgundy red on the table with two wine glasses. Too bad for Richard but bonus for me, Richard doesn't drink red wine!! I did, in fact, have a small glass before bed. Needless to say we slept very well last night in a very comfortable bed. We had to get up earlier than we wanted to this morning in order to source out some groceries. Most places are closed on Sunday but the manual left by the Owners pointed out a couple of small grocers open until noon on a Sunday. So we found Vival in LaDoix-Serrigny about 5km from our village and were able to stock up on a few items to get us through until Monday. There were wonderful roasted chickens on a spit in front of the grocers but, alas, they were all spoken for by the villagers and were not to be had by any starving Canadians!! Maybe next Sunday we'll get on that list!!As a result all we have for our dinner is fresh baguette, cheese and ham. Oh, and I guess I can finish that red wine!! lol As we arrived in the dark last evening we didn't see any of the countryside. But in the light of day all we can say is it is so beautiful here! We cannot wait to get our bikes (Wednesday) and start cycling around these great countryside roads. We saw so many cyclists out and about already this morning. There is also a lot of harvesting in the vineyards. They are all smaller and owner-operated so it is interesting to watch the process. We hope t o get a chance to tour and taste at many of these places while we are here. We are taking a bit of a down day today to get acquainted with our new digs and sort out of belongings, etc. We may walk around the village to get our bearings and see what is here. Here are some photos today of La Maison des Chaume. We'll be adding more of the countryside in various parts of Burgundy as we travel around. Au revoir