Time waits for no man. Or woman. Today is Mary-Ann’s Birthday. She’s edging closer. Closing in on another decade.
We never really know where we’ll be in the future. Especially when it’s ten years hence. We look behind us and wonder. Then do a fast forward and wish it could be a slow forward. Far better to concentrate on the here and now. Sometimes the future is nowhere to be. Simply staying in the moment is key.
Mrs S is not too sad to be traveling on her Birthday. We have a nice stop off planned. We’re in the very heart of Burgundy. Traversing its so-called Champs-Elysées . The Grands Crus de Bourgogne route. Wall to wall lines of vines. Their sun drenched fruits patiently waiting. Pickers are in abundance.
The family estates’ work forces evident on all sides. Young cheap labour fills – then empties any plastic container to hand. Containers of a slightly larger type get laden. Then taken.
We break our journey at the walled town of Beaune. Discovered during our return from Croatia. Earmarked for a return. Didn’t really do it justice then. No time. This time we have plenty. Head for the 15thC Hôtel-Dieu de Beaune. In its time a state of the art hospital and hospice – offering care for the poor et al. Incredibly, remained in use as such for the next five centuries. Eventually super-ceded in the nineteen-seventies.
We celebrate Mary-Ann’s birthday on site. Our first ‘chateau’ – Castel Camping Château de l’Epervière – home for two nights – has it’s own restaurant.