tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post3227267347218360271..comments2024-03-28T18:57:20.920+01:00Comments on Living the life in Saint-Aignan: More Saint-Aignan château photosKen Broadhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-12595698282916374522016-06-11T06:11:44.135+02:002016-06-11T06:11:44.135+02:00Curiously enough, I posted about that hostile chât...Curiously enough, I posted about that <a href="http://ckenb.blogspot.fr/2011/06/its-closed-go-away.html" rel="nofollow">hostile château incident</a> exactly five years ago yesterday.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-79804871163090963042016-06-10T20:36:13.459+02:002016-06-10T20:36:13.459+02:00A few years ago, CHM and I were driving through Bu...A few years ago, CHM and I were driving through Burgundy and we came upon a beautiful château far out in the country. We parked the car on the side of the road and walked through a wide-open gateway toward the château to take a few photos. There were no private property or do not enter signs to be seen, and we were pretty far from the château itself. Suddenly, a man in a little car came driving toward us from the direction of the château at high speed. I thought he was going to run CHM over. The driver was screaming and yelling at us as if we were invading Huns. We beat a hasty retreat. So I hesitate.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-65480914260842352562016-06-10T14:11:05.971+02:002016-06-10T14:11:05.971+02:00Ken ... if you lived in a chateau, people would kn...Ken ... if you lived in a chateau, people would knock on your door . That said, I don't think I could ever just walk up to the door of any home and knock and ask to come in and look around lol ..Unless ... make up a story about writing an article for an American publication about the grand homes in France ... yeah, that's the ticket ! She will be happy and take the camera !!! Notes From ABroadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12202279303962539035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-8431007449770250012016-06-10T11:46:50.931+02:002016-06-10T11:46:50.931+02:00If you look back at yesterday's picture of the...If you look back at <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pbGau-Bj288/V1j2JE3RK0I/AAAAAAAAtsk/6-DjbH13Pz0itiwivNe3NPBnWauVAjl4wCLcB/s1740/P1120822a.jpg" rel="nofollow">yesterday's picture of the château</a>, you see a little silver-colored car parked up there on the right. That's where Mme la Marquise lives, I believe, in that wing. I've noticed potted plants in the windows in that part of the building, and I've seen somebody cleaning the windows in there. The car also gives a sense of the scale of the place.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-59853695501447890242016-06-10T11:41:52.731+02:002016-06-10T11:41:52.731+02:00That is a thought. I do know someone in the villag...That is a thought. I do know someone in the village who says she's known Mme la Marquise for many years and drops by to visit with her once in a while.<br /><br />At the same time, I wouldn't want somebody to come knocking at my door unannounced.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-86550808093082605452016-06-10T09:43:06.526+02:002016-06-10T09:43:06.526+02:00It is hard to imagine one widow living there on he...It is hard to imagine one widow living there on her own. I don't suppose the whole building is used. I assume there would some kind of substantial property taxes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-23199220322464675222016-06-10T09:04:54.301+02:002016-06-10T09:04:54.301+02:00Or you and chm?Or you and chm?Le Pré de la Forgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02396822372095610004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-23680528397307199372016-06-10T09:04:23.388+02:002016-06-10T09:04:23.388+02:00Ken....you could try chutzpah and just knock on th...Ken....you could try chutzpah and just knock on the door and ask...<br />Madame might be only too pleased to talk about the family home...she probably doesn't want all and sundry traipsing through, but a personal visit by an enquiring American might be just the thing she would like!!<br />Le Pré de la Forgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02396822372095610004noreply@blogger.com