The French really love Easter, so in addition to it being yesterday, they also get take the next day off as well. So we decided to take a day trip to a nearby medieval village about 19 miles away out in the country. The kids were excited to take a train ride. Johnny kept asking if it was going to be a bullet train. He can't wait to go to Paris just for the train.
The village we went to see was called Perouges. According to wikipedia- it was originally an Italian town but became French in 1601. It was a village of farmers and linen weavers. Most likely the residents had freedom and were not bound to any type of Lord.
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| We had to walk up a steep hill and here is the view on the hike up. We had quite a bit of whining from some certain kids on the way up. |
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| This is really the back side of the village- found out later there is a parking lot and main gate on the other side. |
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| This I believe may have been on the original entry gates to the village. |
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| Here is the original gate |
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| Lots of the little key holes to shoot your arrows out of. |
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| The inside of the church- per the sign on the outside, the church was built later and has those small key holes for defense throughout. |
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| People still reside in some of the homes. |
On the walk back to the train station, there was a guy selling candy- Wes bought a bag for an arm and a leg- the kids walked back to us with these left over Easter balloons. I asked Wes if he paid for them- he reports he was not sure- something was lost in our poor french.
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