[…] chiner – for poking around in junk and antique shops looking for treasures! Now that we have a house in view, we’ve started doing the rounds of “brocantes”, “dépôts ventes” and “antiquaires” […]
[…] historical charm and authenticity we love. It was Le Mesnil Jourdain that inspired us to buy the house in Blois. Our four children usually join us for Christmas, but this year, with Leonardo in Sydney and Forge […]
[…] are the first snowdrops in the private woods behind the house we are buying in Blois, La Closerie Falaiseau. The photo was sent to us by the current owners. […]
[…] Maybe it’s just a question of practice. I certainly hope so because once we start going down to Blois more often I’ll be driving to a lot more in places I don’t know, not like in Paris where I can […]
I loved this post – I worked in Blois for a year as an assistante 40 years ago and fell in love with the town for much the same reasons as you, it’s so good to hear it’s still much the same!
I also realise we lodged initially with the mother of the town’s auctioneer – again, nice to see the tradition’s still being carried on!
Fraussie
February 1st, 2012 at 4:34 pm
What a wonderful place to be an assistante! We’re in Blois at the moment and I have more great stories to tell when we get back.
[…] we were, two Aussies, a Southern Californian and two Frogs, standing in a street in Blois, talking ten to the dozen in French and English, just opposite a beautiful Renaissance building […]
[…] Closerie Falaiseau was almost ready for rental when I received a phone call from an American and his wife who wanted to stay for nine days, starting just two days later. I was having dinner at L’Embarcadère with Kathy Stanford from Femmes Francophiles. Relationnel had already gone back to Paris to work. I frantically tried to remember what still had to be done to receive our first guests but it seemed “do-able”. […]
[…] of us felt particularly keen on going home to cook and eat in a cold house so we went to Au Coin d’Table. It was closed. Since it’s winter it’s only open from Thursday to Sunday. So we went to Le […]
[…] (Rue Basse forms a triangle with Rue Denis Papin when it turns the corner), dinner or lunch at Au Coin d’Table, 9, rue Henri Drussy or for lunch, dinner or a drink at Vinomania which is a cellar, […]
[…] chiner – for poking around in junk and antique shops looking for treasures! Now that we have a house in view, we’ve started doing the rounds of “brocantes”, “dépôts ventes” and “antiquaires” […]
[…] historical charm and authenticity we love. It was Le Mesnil Jourdain that inspired us to buy the house in Blois. Our four children usually join us for Christmas, but this year, with Leonardo in Sydney and Forge […]
[…] are the first snowdrops in the private woods behind the house we are buying in Blois, La Closerie Falaiseau. The photo was sent to us by the current owners. […]
[…] Maybe it’s just a question of practice. I certainly hope so because once we start going down to Blois more often I’ll be driving to a lot more in places I don’t know, not like in Paris where I can […]
[…] – Blois: In the middle of the Loire Valley, where we’re in the process of buying a house built in 1584 […]
I loved this post – I worked in Blois for a year as an assistante 40 years ago and fell in love with the town for much the same reasons as you, it’s so good to hear it’s still much the same!
I also realise we lodged initially with the mother of the town’s auctioneer – again, nice to see the tradition’s still being carried on!
What a wonderful place to be an assistante! We’re in Blois at the moment and I have more great stories to tell when we get back.
[…] we were, two Aussies, a Southern Californian and two Frogs, standing in a street in Blois, talking ten to the dozen in French and English, just opposite a beautiful Renaissance building […]
[…] Closerie Falaiseau was almost ready for rental when I received a phone call from an American and his wife who wanted to stay for nine days, starting just two days later. I was having dinner at L’Embarcadère with Kathy Stanford from Femmes Francophiles. Relationnel had already gone back to Paris to work. I frantically tried to remember what still had to be done to receive our first guests but it seemed “do-able”. […]
[…] of us felt particularly keen on going home to cook and eat in a cold house so we went to Au Coin d’Table. It was closed. Since it’s winter it’s only open from Thursday to Sunday. So we went to Le […]
[…] Au Coin d’Table, 9, rue Henri Drussy 41000 BLOIS […]
[…] (Rue Basse forms a triangle with Rue Denis Papin when it turns the corner), dinner or lunch at Au Coin d’Table, 9, rue Henri Drussy or for lunch, dinner or a drink at Vinomania which is a cellar, […]