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2000s: Only young people can take gap years, right?
A Year in the Chateau
What you need to know before your trail
When Nicola’s husband, Dominic, retires they decide not to spend their days finding hobbies to fill the time until Countdown is on. Instead, they fulfil their life-long fantasy of buying a country house and filling it with their dearest friends. Reliving their youth and spending their children’s inheritance.
Joined by seven of their friends they club together to invest in a château in Normandy. Group dinners, fine wine, beautiful scenery – they’re living the dream!
Travel Guide
Travel BookTrail style deep in the heart of Normandy
Château Lafarge
They are unanimous in their choice of their new home. It’s set deep in the heart of pastoral Normandy:
“a place where time stood still and you could still live the idyllic life you always wanted – not so tumbledown that it risked falling in on them, but with sufficient renovation needed that it fell within their budget – just.”
In the French sparkling sunshine:
The apple trees were decked with blossom and three long rows of windows sparkled in welcome as they swept up the drive. The facade was anchored at each end by a turreted tower and the top of a third tower was just visible behind reminds them of the other wing that extended out of sight…..
When they enter, the key is so big, they feel like Alice in Wonderland.
BookTrail Boarding Pass: A Year in the Chateau
Destination/location: Normandy, France Author/guide: Sarah Long Departure Time: 2000s
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