Hurray for three-day weekends. I would happily work until I'm 70 if every weekend could be three whole days.
R and I split the days between Germany, France, and Luxembourg, and it was awesome. On Friday we went into Trier, Germany - just browsing through antique shops, walking around, and having lunch. On Saturday, we made a day of it and went to Domrémy, France to see Joan of Arc's birthplace, and then on to the Montsec WWI Memorial, and finally to lunch in the little town of Commercy, France - where Madeleine cookies were invented. The day was a perfect combination of history, scenery, and food.
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| The parish church of Saint-Remy, where Joan was baptized. |
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| Inside the house - looking in to the room of Joan's sister. You can see the church through the small window. |
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| The exterior of the house. Joan was born in 1412, so it's held up remarkably well. |
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| In the church. The stained glass is not original to the church, but was created in 1955 to replace those destroyed in 1940. |
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| Another bit of stained glass in the church. |
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| "Jehanne" was the name she went by in her lifetime. |
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| The countryside near the Basilica. |
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| Outside the Basilica. |
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| Construction began on the Basilica in 1881, and it was dedicated in 1926. Joan of Arc was canonized in 1920. |
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| This is the ceiling of one of the outside porticos. |
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| Inside the Basilica. |
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| Inside the Basilica. |
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| A painting in the Basilica. |
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| The Montsec American Monument - WWI. |
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| Really beautiful. |
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| R looking over the map of the area. |
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| A little hiking trail through the woods near the monument. |
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