Friday, July 3, 2009

Vacation in the Dordogne

My parents will be in France until July 14th. To celebrate our brief time together, they arranged for us to spend three days together in the beautiful region of Dordogne in the vacation home of a Christian family from Paris.

On our way, we stopped for a brief visit with Matthieu & Jeanine Desilles in their home in Brive. Matthieu pastors a small church in that city.



Below are pictures taken at the house where we stayed. It was a beautiful and peaceful place to be! While we were there, we celebrated my parents' 40th wedding anniversary. I am so grateful for the parents that God has given me and for their faithfulness and love for each other.


We went out one morning and strolled through an open air market in one of the villages nearby. From fresh goat cheese to jewelry, they had it all.


We enjoyed the beautiful scenery of the Dordogne (called the land of 1,001 chateaus). We toured one (dating from the 13th century on) which contained a slew of original medieval instruments of war. It was a very peaceful and enjoyable way to recuperate from the packing and traveling.

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