Le beau château de Paul Claudel. A weekend.

We were invited to stay at the Château de Brangues en groupe--several of us with seeing-eye labradors on- and off-duty cavorting on the lawns.  It's a real castle, the kind that has you dreaming history.....

Our hostess Annabelle is the great-granddaughter of Paul Claudel, the 19th-20th century French writer, poet, Catholic, dignitary, diplomat, playwright, world traveller, académicien and controversial personality.

Politics can look quite different in the version originale. 
To be continued.

In one of the (several) drawing rooms:  Rania on piano and John on fiddle.