Happy sunny Tuesday everyone! It’s such a pleasure to wake up and immediately hear birds singing, open the shutters of the bedroom and see trees becoming green again and then getting the first rays of the sun! You get it: it’s going to be a good day 😉
As promised here is the second part of our Easter trip in France: Chantilly and around to be a little more precise. As we were staying in the dependency of a lovely house we had breakfast with out host and we asked her for tips about less known but great places to visit. She asked immediately if we knew about the castle of Pierrefonds. To be honest it was totally unknown to us but a brief chat gave us the desire to drive to there. When you enter the village through a lovely small street you start to face that stone giant: impressive! It was difficult to take a great pictures from there with the sun in front of me but this will give you an idea 🙂
The castle was first a military castle but was destroyed and until mid 19th century it was left as a « romantic ruin ». It was there that a banquet was given for the wedding of the first king of Belgium. A few years later Napoleon III asked Viollet-le-Duc to undertake its restoration. Before it looked like that:
And now:
To be honest this is masterpiece even if some specialists are claiming (and they are probably right) that Viollet-le-Duc let his imagination go very far in his restoration. There are sculpture everywhere on the walls; so many details that you could spend days examining all of them but with kids it’s impossible to spend too much time as they are quickly losing interest and start running everywhere! Where the castle of Chantilly has thousands of luxury objects this one is almost empty and the reason is pretty simple: Viollet-le-Duc died before everything was done and the followers ran out of money. Useless to say that this castle is now used in many movies!
We then walked a little in this lovely village, ate sandwiches and went to Senlis that was also recommended to us as a great city of the Middle Ages. Let’s be honest: the town is nice, some places are interesting to see but it was completely EMPTY! Almost no one there so we had the impression to walk in a dead city. It’s very sad as the tourism office has a lot of documentation available with recommended paths but the atmosphere was so sad we decided to leave quickly. Last negative comment: there was a local place to visit with astonishing reviews on Internet. It’s called « Le Cachot ». We arrived 5 minutes before the opening but it remained closed; we came back after a small walk and it was still closed 😦 A neighbor told us that the owner was a little further having a chat but despite her help we were not able to find him. Too bad!
Finally we drove back to Chantilly, having a good drink and then we selected a less known but very good restaurant: L’Essentiel near the train station. During the week-end there are local musicians and singers so it always brings a different atmosphere to the place. A special mention to the delicious food with a special kudo for the Moroccan dessert!
Get ready for day 3: Paris but for now I leave you with my usual gallery of heels! I wanted these pictures to be full of sun so this time many colors and no specific trend. Happy viewing and read you soon 😉
Wow! Really beautiful place 😉
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Can’t agree any more.
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It looks so pretty there!
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It’s indeed beautiful and very different than China (even if I read somewhere they build something ‘a la’ Versailles 🙂 Have a great week-end Courtney and read you soon xx
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Ohhh it is a beautiful place!
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Parece un lugar sacado de una película de Disney, maraviloso y la selección de zapatos espectacular.
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The castle is so incredible!
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Absolutely Rach, one of the most impressive I’ve seen! Have a great sunny day xx
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What a stunning place hun, also love the heels.
xoxo
Lovely
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Thanks a lot Lovely and have a fantastic Sunday xx
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Magnifique photos !
Bonne journée XxX
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Merci Melody et passe un tres agreable dimanche xx
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Beautiful post!
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All of these castles are fantastic! These shoe pics are making me wish it was warmer here. Still dealing with snow and cold!
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I hope you’ll get real spring very soon Kathrine and you must come to Europe to discover such castles 😉 Have a great day xx
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Absolutely majestic photos! This place are a dream! That heels is so pretty!!!
Have a lovely day
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Nice post
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Thanks 😉 Have a lovely day xx
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Wow, looks like a fairytale!!!! AMAZING!!!!!!!
Kisses, Paola.
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Exactly Paola 😉 This is why this castle appears in so many movies! Have a great day xx
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Beautiful heels !
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Thanks a lot Diane 😉 Have a great day xx
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Look at that blue sky! we rarely have a sky so blue in Dubai xx
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Indeed it’s fantastic to have such a sky and even more with new leaves on trees! Have a great day xx
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What a beautiful place!
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Absolutely Ruth 😉 I like to discover such places! Have a great day xx
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So much history! I love these shots!
-Ashley
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Such beautiful images!
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beautiful shots babe.. love the collection of shoes
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Thanks a lot, I’m very happy you like those collections … of course there will be more to come! Have a great day xx
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What a lovely castle, fairytale! I hope you had a good time Hun xx
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A fantastic one 😉 Next week is Caliornia … pretty different! Have a great week-end xx
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In this castle was filmed Tv show Merlin and Im gonna visit this place one day 🙂 Wonderful post my dear, have a nice weekend !
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You’re absolutely right Alice ,-) Travel week-end as I’ll be in Santa Clara for the week! Have a great sunny Sunday xx
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Sad that it was so deserted! Loving these heels.
Amy Ann
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It wasn’t too bad … not everything can be great isn’t it? Have a great Sunday Amy Ann
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This castle looks awesome!Lovely pictures:-)
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Thanks a lot Olga and have a great day xx
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Absolutely love your photos!
– Cielo
Mermaid in Heels
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Thanks a lot Cielo 🙂 It’s the same for me when I discover your new posts! xx
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Oh my gooooood! So amazing pictures – the castle looks so faband I love the heels. I should really start to wear them more often as I tend to use only flats -.-
Love
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Thanks a lot Stella … pictures are always magic when you visit a beautiful place 🙂 And I agree with your comments: flats are very comfy but heels are so elegant … especially for the eyes 🙂 Have a great Sunday xx
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It’s never too late Stella 🙂 Thanks you for your comment and have a great day xx
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I hope to visit France some day. Beautiful photographs.
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I hope you’ll be able to visit France soon 🙂 Thanks for your feedback and congratulations for your very nice blog! Have a great sunny Sunday xx
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What stunning pictures…wish to visit some day!
Nistha
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Thanks a lot Nishta! Indeed a fabulous place! Have a great week xx
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Amazing castle and heels’ selection!
Kisses
Martina
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Thanks a lot Martina and congrats one more for your amazing latest outfit! Have a great week xx
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Thank you so much Martina 🙂 xx
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Wow!!
That is one amazing castle. I love the pictures and I am certainly loving those heels.
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It is absolutely amazing yes 🙂 Thanks for your work and have a great day Sophie xx
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wow amazing place!! I wish to visit this castle.
kisses dear
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Thanks Carolina 🙂 A great discovery absolutely! Have a lovely week xx
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lovely castle, they did a great reconstruction
Xx
Kali
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Absolutely Kali! A fantastic accomplishment! Congrats for your blog … impressive and so many travels! xx
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It looks amazing over the photos.
What an amazing trip dear
Much Love,
Jane | The Bandwagon Chic
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Absolutely and it’s that big that it’s difficult to show how impressive it is on pictures 🙂 It was a very nice trip! Have a great week Jane xx
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Absolutely stunning! Thanks for sharing your amazing adventure! 🙂
Magda
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Thank you Madga for following them 🙂 Have a great day xx
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Absolutely stunning photos. love your shoe collection. SO PERFECT!
Thanks for sharing!
Much love, Len
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XO
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Thanks a lot Len for your nice words 🙂 I hope you have a great week so far xx
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Your host gave you a really good tip! What an amazing castle and I see you absolutely had a wonderful Easter trip in France!
xx from Bavaria/Germany, Rena
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Oh yes Rena, that’s the top tip when you travel: talk and ask questions to local people! Have a great day xx
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Wow, that castle is super beautiful.
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Isn’t it? 🙂 We have lucky to have so many treasures to discover! Have a great day xx
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Oh gosh this would be a dream place to visit for me! So beautiful and enchanting! Thanks so much for sharing!
Cheryl
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Never been to France Cheryl? It’s funny as lots of Europeans dream to discover America and Americans to travel to Europe! Have a great Friday and upcoming week-end xx
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This castle is wonderful!
Alessia
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Absolutely Alessia, a must see 😉 Have a great day xx
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this is great
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Thanks a lot Mahi and have a great day xx
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Thanks a lot Mahi and have a lovely day xx
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The castle looks breath – taking, looks like something from a fairytale!
Amazing photos 🙂
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Wow these photos are amazing. Thankyou for sharing
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You’re more than welcome Michelle 😉 Have a great week xx
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