Gîte 
We stayed at the
gîte belonging to the nephew of M. Lorin, in the next village along the valley. In this part of the world you can’t just say “M. Lorin” and expect anyone to know whom you mean! We know four M. Lorin (Lorins?), and I’m sure there are more out there to discover!
The house has been done up beautifully. The bedrooms are themed: blue toile de Jouy in the main room, yellow and green in the second bedroom and green gingham in the third. The sofa in the lounge confirms I’m right in intending to do up our folding iron bedstead as a sofa! Just need to buy some penetrating oil to free up the joints, then I can sand down the rust, paint it & away we go. That’s, of course, a project for another day!
There’s a large eat-in kitchen with a (non-working) fireplace and all mod cons. The lounge is lovely, but the fireplace not so much. And it doesn’t work – that really does make a difference; we’ve got so spoilt by being able to have an open fire – it wasn’t necessary, with the central heating, but we missed the hypnotic effect of the flames. But overall this is a lovely holiday home; one that we could recommend to anyone! (Unless they’re particularly tight, of course! He he he!)
We stayed at the gîte belonging to the nephew of M. Lorin, in the next village along the valley. In this part of the world you can’t just say “M. Lorin” and expect anyone to know whom you mean! We know four M. Lorin (Lorins?), and I’m sure there are more out there to discover!
The house has been done up beautifully. The bedrooms are themed: blue toile de Jouy in the main room, yellow and green in the second bedroom and green gingham in the third. The sofa in the lounge confirms I’m right in intending to do up our folding iron bedstead as a sofa! Just need to buy some penetrating oil to free up the joints, then I can sand down the rust, paint it & away we go. That’s, of course, a project for another day!
There’s a large eat-in kitchen with a (non-working) fireplace and all mod cons. The lounge is lovely, but the fireplace not so much. And it doesn’t work – that really does make a difference; we’ve got so spoilt by being able to have an open fire – it wasn’t necessary, with the central heating, but we missed the hypnotic effect of the flames. But overall this is a lovely holiday home; one that we could recommend to anyone! (Unless they’re particularly tight, of course! He he he!)
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