[Canon 40D]

Got a 30D and love it.  Dust is a problem, but then I was running around in rubber boats in Svalbard recently!  Always use RAW and set the Landscape default for colour saturation.  Decent body weight and I use a monopod alot too.

[Recommendations in Burgundy]

Moved to Burgundy in May this year.  15 kms from Montbard (21), which is ideal for TGV (Paris 1 hr) and also a direct TGV to CDG airport.  My wife works in London occasionally and with TGV and Eurostar, she can do door to door in 4 1/2 hrs. 

Good part of the world for autoroutes too and prices in north Cote d'Or are cheaper than the south!