Champlitte

Champlitte is a charming village near Gray, a decently sized French city in eastern France, not far from the German border, and in relatively close proximity to Dijon.

My aunt and uncle had a house (an illegal one, at that) in a tiny village that was in fact a part of Champlitte. It is in very rural countryside, and sometimes - often times, in fact - it feels like the cows outnumber the people there.

The main part of Champlitte is a charming village. It has a château, which you can see pictures of (taken from postcards I obtained locally) below. It also has a pleasant church, and an old and rustic feel that makes it feel typically European, very much with Old World charm to it.

This is a rural part of the country of France, surrounded by charming farms and deep green woods on all sides. Not a town that most people have ever heard of, and so it will not be one of the towns that everybody rushes to try and see. Yet, I remember enjoying the town, and feeling that it was pleasant to be there. The kind of town that I wanted to explore more, and would love to go back to someday, albeit on my own terms these days.

The slogan on the Blason Adhésif (sticker of the town seal) which is pictures below (there are actually two sets of these stickers) is "Rien Sans Travail," which literally translates to "Nothing Without Work." Until writing this particular post and actually looking at the picture while editing, I cannot remember ever having even so much as paid attention to this before. Interesting.

In any case, this was the decently sized small city, or village, which was next to our little town or much smaller village of Leffond. Again, it had considerable charm, and it seemed worth sharing these pictures of the postcards I obtained from town over three decades ago. 

Enjoy!