A CHAPEL IN PROVENCE

This is where I will be staying…….. some day!

Who wouldn’t want to stay here?

In what had been a silk factory with adjoining chapel and other buildings, the owner, Sophie, has created a truly lovely inn while earning the “Green Key Label” for ecology and bio-green sustainability. She also offers spa treatments as in massage as well as classes in the arts such as Origami.

And this is how you get there:

It is in the village of Taulignan and the best part, for me, is that this “Drome Provencal” is my favorite part of Provence! Dieulefit (Dieu-le-fit) is the production center of beautiful, artisanal ceramics.

We were there a few years ago (actually, too many years ago: I need to go back!) and took these shots:

Random images from the factories. You can see the dust on everything. It was a high point of my trip that summer!

The window of a shop in town where I DID buy some of this green and yellow. The one HUGE problem is that none of these shops will ship. You need to pack and send yourself (which I did with one box), or take bubble wrap in your suitcase and then pack some dishes to carry home. It works. Believe me, I’ve carried many a dish in my checked suitcase and they have all been just fine!