Inside a 1000 year old Abbey – A Day Trip from Rouen #france #travel
So, one place that is definitely worth a look um a little bit off the beaten path when you’re visiting Rwan is the Abbe de Jumi, which is where we are now. Now, this is about a 30 to 40 minute drive from Ruan. Uh if you have a car, it’s well worth the stop. If you don’t have a car, there are buses and water taxis that will actually take you from the center of Ruan to the abbey. Now, this abbey is absolutely fascinating. It’s about a thousand years old. It was built between the 1040s and 1060s and um William the Conqueror actually was here for its opening. So it has an amazingly fascinating history and it’s although it’s not a church anymore or an abbey anymore, it has these beautiful grounds that are almost ethereal and you walk around them and you really feel connected to the history of this place. Um also there’s a nice little town around too. So there’s a, you know, a lot of little cafes and restaurants and little stores with lingeries, uh, brasseries, and you can, you know, stop there for for lunch and then check out and explore the abbey. So what we’re going to do is we’re going to go through the abbey a little bit. I’m going to explain its history to you and learn a little bit more about it. So let’s
Inside the Abbey de Jumiges – a 1000 year old ruined abbey near Rouen France