Join Us in France · Sunday, July 19, 2026
During their retreat, Julie Lynch and her friends visited Avallon, discovering a historic costume museum run by elderly women, and Vézelay, home to the Abbaye Sainte-Marie-Madeleine. These excursions offered a glimpse into the region's history and culture.
“And within it was this absolutely gorgeous building, which was a costume museum, and the museum itself was run by two women in their 80s that could walk up the stairs quicker than we could as they took us through really a collection of, I think it's something like 2,000 costume elements and objects.”
“And there's a huge church called Abbaye Sainte-Marie-Madeleine de Vézelay The Basilica of Saint Magdalene. And that, again, that was a recommendation by our wonderful host, Michelle Anderson. And that is, again, one of those towns that's almost built on rock, and you've got the huge basilica right up the top.”