If I had to leave France tomorrow, I would say “That’s ok, my heart is full.” Although, I don’t want to leave, and straight away I would ask “When are we coming back?”. But today was an especially lovely day. I feel so privileged to have experienced it. It filled me up.

We have been staying in a dear village named Fixin (pronounced “Fisson”). It is a village surrounded by vineyards. I suspect many of the residents either own one of the vineyards, or are involved in the industry in some form.

We walked through a good part of it this morning. It was incredibly peaceful – maybe everyone was already at work, and the kids at school. But there was mostly just us, and the birds, and one grand-mere going for a walk with her petit fils (grandson).

We hadn’t finished the walking trail through Dijon yesterday, and I still wanted to visit the famous Dijon mustard shop, Moutarde Maille. So we ventured back into the city and managed to find a park. This time, I was armed with umbrella in handbag and snacks in pocket just in case.

Moutarde Maille has such a delicious range of dijon mustards and oils. While the factory is not open to tours at the moment due to “hygiene restrictions” (I’m guessing Covid etc?), we were able to enjoy a great many samples.

We then followed some more of the historic trail walk. Dijon city felt a lot nicer today. Having a full tummy and some lovely weather makes all the difference!

But the best part of today was our late afternoon stroll through the rest of Fixin, and also parts of neighbouring villages, Fixey and Bouchin. Walking through the vineyards and streets as the sun was getting lower was just beautiful. We came across a church in Fixey, L’eglise Romane de Fixey, that was built in the tenth century – that’s pretty old! And as we stood there, the bells starting ringing. It was so amazing, I cried.

“My cup overflows with your blessings” – Pslam 23:5