With four holidays in May, traveling is much anticipated but can get expensive. The second holiday fell on May 8; a Thursday. My friend, Allison, and I decided Wednesday night to skip town and head for the country. Our car was in the city and Allison had just gotten her daughter's car seat out of storage so what better timing? Luckily, on Thursday morning at 9:00am we heard from our AirBNB request that we sent at 11:00pm on Wednesday that a room was available! At noon we hit the road for Voisines in Burgundy and this is what we found when we arrived...
It was beautiful. The village was very small, near Sens. When we arrived the sun was shining and the owner couldn't believe that all we wanted to do was sit in the grass and breath in some unpolluted air!
Allison's daughter, Annabelle, and Leila were having the time of their lives just running around (barefoot for Annabelle) in the yard. There was another part of the yard behind the owner's office too. The house could be completely rented hosting up to 16 people but we just rented one room for the night. The Hobbit room to be exact and I'm so mad I didn't get any photos. After scaling half of the stairs, a small (very short) door in the wall opened up to the cutest room. An elevated twin bed with a slide for the kid and walls lined with books and toys was found inside! It was really cute!
I'm still dreaming about this flower draped canopy over the patio table. I hope I can make this happen someday! Just enough shade but not enough to feel too covered. And the smell... I wish I was back there!
The house had some old, rustic charm and the kitchen was so fun! I could have spent hours in there cooking up some kind of French cuisine. I'm not sure how great it would turn out but it would be fun! We have already talked about getting more friends and the guys and heading back there for a weekend away! I hope we can coordinate everyone's schedules before many of our friends start leaving!
Allison celebrated her birthday on the Wednesday we decided to skip town and mine was quickly approaching so we stayed outside until it got too cold drinking champagne and eating some cake from a nearby patisserie.
As we left on Friday, we drove to a hill outside the village to snap a photo. If the house wasn't being rented for the next couple weeks, we were considering staying another few days! I was spoiled knowing how great the French countryside is when we lived in Lorient, but it was nice to share with friends and get away from the concrete! I guess I really am a small town, country girl at heart!
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