Here are photos of three of the houses in our hamlet just outside Saint-Aignan. I took them in late January 2006, when we had three or four inches of snow on the ground. Two of these houses were sold fairly recently, so we have new neighbors. One of the houses is for sale now.
The house on the left above was until a few weeks ago an AirBnB rental that could sleep, I believe, 10 people. Now it's for sale. The big house on the right was sold less than two years ago. The people who bought it have done a lot of work inside and out (new windows and shutters all around, and major landscaping work) to make it more comfortable and attractive.
Just above are two photos of another house in the hamlet. It was sold to a young couple nearly four years ago. They have a two-year-old baby now, and they keep goats in the barn and in their yard. The barn roof was repaired years ago. These neighbors invited us over for dinner last weekend, and we had a good time. They're French (from Lyon) and spent a year driving around Australia in a camper van a few years before they moved here. We spoke French with them, but they also speak passable English. I told them that when we invite them over we'll have to speak English together.
I love to see your neighbors’ houses and how pretty they look in the snow.
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Lovely pictures of your village in snow. Very timely, even Amsterdam is white with snow today.
ReplyDeleteIt is a pretty look, having the snow, however infrequent it is.
ReplyDeleteHow nice that your new, young neighbors invited you over! I bet they're excited about the idea of having Americans to practice English with :)
The young couple that you visited sound like interesting people. It's good to know your neighbors.
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ReplyDeleteGlad you got your name back! As for the neighbors, he's employed at the Beauval zoo, just two or three miles from here. And she works in agriculture but I haven't yet figured out or asked exactly what she does. They most both be about 30 years old.
DeleteThat's a nice looking house for sale. It would be fun to see the interior. As others have said, your neighbors sound interesting - I wouldn't mind driving around Australia for a year!
ReplyDeleteI found some photos of the interior here.
DeleteAnd look at all these photos of nearby houses for sale...
DeleteI can't get comments to work! The two Anonymous ones just above are from me.
DeleteKen thanks for posting these. They were fun to see.
DeleteGoats! Suggest they think about making chevre! Very nice to have a younger couple as neighbors. Differences in ages make for an interesting neighborhood imo.
ReplyDeleteI didn't ask them if they make chèvre. They might.
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