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Monday, July 21, 2014

Le Gite Jacquaire St. Ferme


We are in Saint Ferme staying at a wonderful Pilgrim Gite with our host and Hospitallero Dominique. This is the true pilgrim experience that we always hope for along the route. Dominique welcomed us with a cool drink and showed us around before starting preparations for our dinner. Dinner was a lovely multi course meal with wine and great conversation. After dinner Jean Claude came by to give us a personal tour of the Twelfth century Abbey. He comes by the Gite each night in case there are Pilgrims here to take them on a tour before he locks up the church for the night.



One of the most interesting details in this church are the signatures of the various stone masons on their stones. With a good flashlight we saw at least a hundred. 

I am so glad we stopped here; what a lovely surprise for our first night in  the Bordeaux region. The vines are everywhere now and the wine...lovely.


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