The Fontenay Abbey is one of the oldest Cistercian abbeys in Europe.  Basically, back in the 1000′s, the monks decided, life is too sweet for us.  Let’s build a compound in the middle of nowhere so we can experience poverty and solitude!

OK, so my monk-isms probably aren’t *exactly* right.  It was still pretty fascinating to see this entire self-sustaining compound.

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