The villa is Villa Hutton, David and Fernand's home. It is almost 200
years old, and they have been lovingly restoring it for
years now. It is 8,000 square feet on a one acre lot, covered with David's impressive gardens. Those are our bay windows up at the top. As I type, I'm sitting in that rounded window at the top right (pinching myself). The villa is such
an incredible, beautiful and unique place, and has changed dramatically since our visit here
in 2005. David and Fernand live on the second floor (which has that great patio), and use the first floor for entertaining. The whole house was once broken up into separate apartments, but they've made it whole again. You can read more about the villa's history at villahutton.com
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Here we are with David and Fernand in one of the ground floor sitting rooms. Looks like a Balzac scene, doesn't it? I can just kick myself for not having blogged about our first trip here in 2005, because I have loads of photos of what this room looked like at the time, which is bare, torn apart, like a construction site. Incredible! Here, Chloe is drinking "fairy wine" (ie: mineral water), and she devoured almost the whole plate of fresh anchovies. Our hosts were impressed!
One of our wonderful meals with our hosts. They couldn't possibly be more generous.
Another scene from another splendid sitting room. More fairy wine, more hors d'oeuvres.
A little outdoor happy hour in the gardens.
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