How the French Vacation

In everything I’ve done these past two weeks, the same question keeps surfacing, “why me?”

How can a family be so generous to open up their vacation home in the south of France to two American wine students for two weeks?

Our room attached to the main house

But not only that; lend them their winery jeep to take day-trips to the surrounding towns and cities, feed them breakfast and lunch during work days, take them on a day-tip of canoeing with their kids, invite them to dinner with their winemaking friends, include them in wine tasting excursions, and to top it off take them out to a four-course meal at a quaint French restaurant in a nearby historic village?

I am baffled, awestruck, and envious of this family, but do not have the words, even in English let alone French, to thank them enough for their hospitality and graciousness that they have shown.

Since we have arrived here we have gotten to see a lot of the surrounding towns and cities, and also still find a great amount of time for rest and relaxation. Since the warm weather and lakes are hard to come by in Burgundy, we chose to spend our last few days just relaxing by the water.

This was one of the most relaxing vacations I have ever taken. Now I am looking forward to one final week of traveling adventures before returning to Burgundy.

Cheers!