Back to France...again.

o l d  b o a t  i n  t h e  M a r n e


Thank you so much to 
all who wrote encouragement on my last post.  I think your "favorite blogger" has agreed to help me with her words, but we'll not say more about that until later...:)

I think right now you all would like to see some more pix of our November trip to France, right?  Okay, let's start with the first town we traveled to, Senlis, just an hour north of Paris.

Here are the two photo enthusiasts who traveled with us, and have become our great friends.  They are named Marie and Christine, just like the name of a shop in town!  

Senlis is a medieval town






If you remember , we went to Senlis also 
in July , and I fell in love with this little antique boutique, but lost the name. 

 Well, this time I didn't lose the card.  The brocante de charme is called       

Le Clos Eglantine

and it is owned by
Nadia Hallers

Couldn't you just do some credit card damage in here?

All of the furniture is vintage or antique,but has been painted in the loveliest shade of Paris grey. 

 I shared a few ideas about chalk paint with the owner.  She may carry the paint someday. If you're ever in Senlis, it is at

 1 rue de Beauvais, 
right as you enter the town.

We had a lovely lunch at a tearoom across the street,

shopped for cheese

spent some time in the cathedral, 

then headed to our petite château in the Champagne region


Le Château de la Marjolaine

there was a beautiful little chapel on the grounds

and a romantic gate leading to 

 a peaceful promenade along the river Marne...

before dinner in our own private dining room!
And what a remarkable dinner it was, served and prepared by jean Pierre and Bruno!!!

Tomorrow we'll move on to Versaille!
But now it's time to go and watch "Downton Abbey!"

A bientôt, mes amies,

dawne