As in all stately homes, problems occur. The stately home of mr le marquis is being RENOVATED..... and it's a pain! I've already posted a couple of photos on "vauvertvillage", but I'd better keep others up to date as well. After 9 years of residence, the owner (not mr le marquis - he, like most aristocrats, didn't have the necessary to possess such stately things) decided that the time had come to act. Being of "plebian" origins and manners, he did not consider it necessary to inform mr le marquis, who was therefore presented, on a Monday morning, at 0745hrs, with a couple of minions, armed with hammers and chisels , just like Michelangelo , who proceeded to hammer hell out of the ancient walls of the Chateau......! Asked politely what the devil they were doing, they muttered something about "renovating"! "We are cousins and things of the proprietaire," said they, and attacked with gusto. 3 hours later, after innumerable breaks a...