Category Archives: Burgundy

Saving Mary

Posted on March 27, 2022 by Parisian Fields

Amid the oceans of heart-breaking news that surrounded us in March 2022, there was some good news from a French village called, appropriately, Island, in the department of the Yonne in Burgundy–Franche-Comté. About 180 people live in the village, which … Continue reading →

Posted in Burgundy | Tagged Allianz, Anne of Austria, Assumption of Mary, Avallon, Charles Trinquart d’Etampes, Island, La Voilotte, Louis XIII, Louis XIV, Musee de Baron Martin, Noëlle Roy, Patrice Roy, Paule Buffy, Plancher de Jeannot, Sauvegarde de l’Art Français, St-Bénigne, St-Firmin, Val de Grace, Vézelay, Vivre Island | 10 Comments

Far from the Madding Crowd

Posted on June 14, 2020 by Parisian Fields

Recently, the Financial Times posed the question: “Is now the right time to escape to the country?” The article contrasted “packed, polluted and pandemic-ridden cities” with the “space, greenery and lower prices” of the countryside. Now that people can leave … Continue reading →