Our home is a recent, sunny, comfortable,3 bedroom house. It is situated in a quiet estate in the center of a pleasant, residential village about 15 kms from Lyons.

It is 140 sq. meters. It consists of a fully equipped kitchen, utility room, a dining-room and sitting-room, a study and a bedroom downstairs (double bed, two bedrooms upstairs, one with a double bed and one with a single bed and a baby cot, plus one bathroom upstairs and a shower room downstairs. II has all the modern conveniences. We often have our grandchildren with us so there are toys and basic baby equipment.

It also has a garden with tomatoes and other summer vegetables that you'll be welcome to eat if you wish to. There are two terraces, one facing full south (too hot in the summer) and one north east that we use more often. We usually park one car in the garage, the other, bigger one sleeps outside in the yard.

We have a Chartreux cat who will stay at home: she is quiet and friendly and never seems to wander out of our property. If you agree, you will just have to feed her.

Our village (4500 inh.) is mostly a residential one. It has enough shops and services for everyday use, 5 doctors, a dentist's, a chemist's, two banks, a big supermarket outside the village. Our house is 5 mns from the center on foot and 100m from the village park. There's a well-equipped sports ground and a number of walks in the surrounding countryside,.

Lyon, the second biggest city in France, is about a 30 mn drive, depending on the traffic, which is often heavy, but in fact we often use the tube to go to the city center. The nearest metro station is a 15 mn drive from Chaponnay.

Lyon has interesting Roman monuments and a whole medieval district. There's a rich cultural life, great museums and a large number of shops, cafés and pubs. The city has a reputation for gastronomy and boasts a large number of restaurants, some of them really excellent.

Another city of interest is Vienne, 15kms south of our village, with great Roman and Renaissance heritage. We also live near famous wine areas like Beaujolais (1h) and Côte-Rôtie (30 mns).

Other interesting sites are les Dombes, a lake area about one hour from Chaponnay, and the Alps are are about 1h30 away, Grenoble only 1h. There is also another mountain called "Le Pilat", about 45 mns away, with pleasant hiking paths. Annecy and its lake is 2 hrs away. A smaller, very clean and warm lake is Aiguebelette, 1h away. The Mediterranean sea and Marseilles are 3 hrs away.

In short, our village, though quiet and unremarkable, is pleasant and centrally situated to visit Lyons, Vienne and other cities as well as the wine areas and the mountain areas.

Lyons international airport is 30 mns away and the A46 motorway 3kms from our house.