FROM CALIFORNIA TO FRANCE | Our international move
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.ย. 2024
- Hello from Chateau de Puy Vidal!
Our new life in France and at Puy Vidal has certainly kept us occupied. Everyday we learn something new here in France and in this video with share with you bits and pieces of our first few days and weeks here.
If you are interested in more information regarding our Oil painting workshop this September email us at admin@ladyofthechateau.com for more details. To see more of workshop leader and Master Painter, Leon Okun's work, follow his instagram here:
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From NYC, to California to a Chateau in the South of France. Welcome to Dreaming of a Chateau 🏰
These are the adventures of Julia, her partner Caroline, her sister Penelope and her parents; an American family taking a leap of faith, living out a long-awaited dream. Chateau de Puy Vidal is a medieval fortress turned renaissance Castle, and is located in the Charente region of Nouvelle Aquitaine, France.
This channel is dedicated to our love of chateaux, old stones, magic, family and history. We share with you our process of applying to visas, setting up a business, purchasing a property sight unseen during COVID all before moving across the world.
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Thrilled, thrilled and even more thrilled for you all. I had been wondering how things were going so to see your vlog is fabulous. Just lovely for you all. Onwards and upwards 👏👏⭐️
18 years ago i did the journey from England with My cat to France , your trip brings back memories.
Puy Vital is in the best hands with you. You are all so brave and handling your transition gracefully. ❤
Lastly, your chateau is one of the most beautiful chateaux out there in the Chateau Vlog world. You are so lucky to have acquired it.
My nyc ppl... I'm original born and raised from Bklyn, now I reside in Ohio... luv your videos... keep them coming and congrats moving to France
You all are so fortunate to be dealing with the local residents who have been responsible with the maintenance of your property for years! Also thank your stars that you’re in France and not Italy!! Every time you need to change or rehabilitate bathrooms, rooms, or your kitchen you would have to employ a “Geometra etc.” an architect, and apply to the town council for permits that take forever to be processed plus the expense involved!! So far you’ve been able to get what you need done!! Buona Fortuna!! ❤️🙏♥️
Finally!!! Yay! So happy this day has come for you! I’ve been waiting and checking on your channel. I can’t wait to see all of the antiques you acquire as the new chatelaine! I’m excited to see you bring those bathrooms back to period appropriate with modern amenities. I’m living vicariously thru you in all of these exciting endeavors! Can’t wait for the next installment!
Beautiful chateau and the maze garden is soo stunning! Pisco the kitty is so cute!
Oh, I am so, so happy your back!! I watch for a new video every single day and here it is!! I found myself looking every few minutes to see how much time was left because, I didn’t want it to end. Wish you could film morning, noon and night so that we could go along with you all, every day! I know you cannot physically do that because it takes so long to edit but, Im thankful for the few minutes we do get to see. Thank you so much for taking us along with you!
I’m disabled and I sit in my chair all day and all night. The one thing that helps brighten my day is having access to the internet and watching different things on line but, when I see I have a new TH-cam notification from the “ lady of the chateau “ I feel like I could get up out of this chair and jump up and down!
I can’t wait till the next one🙂! I hope I don’t sound like a crazy women but it’s true. I feel like I’m part of the family that you left behind😂I love you all so much! Take care and yes, I will be waiting❤️
Thank you so much for your message Mary! We send you a big warm hug from all of us at Puy Vidal ❤️😍 If you’re ever in the Charente please drop on by 🥂
Have you seen their Instagram? They post a lot. Maybe it can help tide you over
@@betteurbain7911 I don’t know how to get instragram. I would love to read their post though. Thank you for suggesting it. Hope you have a blessed day❤️
@@marylazzaro3601 to get Instagram, download the Instagram application on a smartphone or go to their website. Thanks and I wish you a blessed day as well!
@@betteurbain7911 I got it!!! Thank you Beth so much!!!❤️❤️❤️
I love all of you so much! Can't thank you enough for letting us live this with you. I'm sooooo excited. You make my day.
So happy that you are choosing the eco friendly route. Your chateau is my favourite one from all the chateau channels. Bienvenue en France. Hope you are very happy here.
Pisco is such a cutie, I’m binge watching almost all the videos, what a dream, beautiful life, congratulations 🎉🎈🍾!
Your stories are magical! So glad Pisco survived the trip. Thanks for taking us along on your journey and looking forward to your next video. ¡Felicidades! 💐🌻🌺🌼⚘
Well team, great to see things are coming together and allowing the transition to the French way of life. We are a little behind on the episodes however we are really enjoying your travels. Take care, be safe. 👍😇🙏🏰🇫🇷
So much happening in such a short time! You sure are throwing yourselves in at the deep end but it is great that you are learning how everything works at the Chateau. The Chateau is simply stunning both inside and out and it’s lovely that your mum and sister have arrived now too. Your cat is gorgeous (as is the puppy) and we once had one the same colour as your cat. To us the colour is referred to as being a dark tortoise shell.😅🥰🏰
Such a BIG step!! This Chateau is absolutely beautiful!
How lucky you two are to have family come & stay with you!
This Country living would be an absolute dream come true!!
I came over from Stephanie's channel "Chateau Diaries" I love what they are doing with her place.
I think you have an absolutely gorgeous home, the gardens and placement just give jaw dropping vistas. Congratulations! Im happy to follow along. cheers from Canada
Bienvenu, et Bon Anniversaire au Maruca!!! Such a beautiful Chateau. You will be very happy there! It's wonderful you are having artists' retreats. Very exciting! Thank you for sharing your adventures! 💗
I’ve been waiting to see when another video would be posted, thanks for sharing your journey! Puy Vidal is stunning, looking forward to seeing all the work you’ll be doing with it! We are staying in Mayenne for a month in Sept to travel around and look at property, can’t wait 🇫🇷❤️
BTW.... I think the unique designs of the bathrooms are charming and add character to the chateau. We all live in a white tile and porcelain fixture world, so seeing a room with color, history, and character is befitting in a chateau.
Beautiful video! Welcome to your beautiful castle!! What a dream come true!!!!!!
I was just searching for your channel a few days ago wondering if you are permanently in France. This was a great video. I can only imagine how excited you are are. Looking forward to your next video.
What a lovely family you all are. Such an exciting time discovering how to live your new life. Magical film, just brilliant. Such a wonderful home, a very special place to live. Thank you so much for sharing and telling us all your news. Best wishes
You are so blessed! What a beautiful chateau. I really enjoyed your vlog.
Thank you for sharing your wonderful story. Such a beautiful Chateau. Wishing you all the best in your venture. ❤️
I always dreamed of buying chateau and fill it up with Latin@s from all over the world hola from Puerto Rico working hard and thank you for sharing your videos you make me so proud of being a latina AND transgender you make me so proud and I know you made Papa and Mama so proud as well QUE DIOS LOS BENDIGA HOY MAÑANA Y SIEMPRE
What a beautiful post to wake up to and Long Beach, Calif., I am so happy for you for you girls and I pray that everything goes well for all of you and all of your projects are successful and have a happy beautiful life in France. Now I can dream of a place to go and visit and stay for a while as a paying guest. Bye for now, Rosemary🌹
Congratulations 🎉🍾🎈 I look forward to seeing your new home. Please share everything.
Congratulations on the arrival to your chateau, 🎉🥂can not wait to see more video 'sand go along with your journey. The chateau is beautiful good luck the gardens are fabulous x👋🤗😊🌼
I wish you all the luck and happiness at your beautiful chateau which you are caretakers until the next owners. A huge responsibility but when you overcome the fear you will feel the joy. Bravo all of you and love from the Loire Valley.
I was so engrossed in watching and then it was the end of the vlog, needless to say i was so very sad it ended so fast, yesterday i was thinking oh my gosh where are you and bingo there you both were. It was lovely to meet your patera Carolina you could see in his eyes how happy he was for both of you it was heart warming to see. We all look forward to watching the transformation, and i wish i was young enough to come and help even a young at heart retired hairdresser could manage a paint brush.
So jealous of your adventure and looking forward to future updates. We would love to visit the Chateau when you open. Best of Luck!!!
Hello, welcome back to France! Great footage again, and congratulations for buying a Peugeot electric car!
Welcome to Europe! We live only about a 1000 km away in Holland and visit France at least once every year… great country 😀
I saw the Stephanie, Philip, Davey's walk through. It's taken me a while to get back to you but now I'm going through all the videos. I wish you well!!!
Thank you so much!!! ❤️
OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!!!! Soooooooo excited about this!!!!🤩🤩🤩🤩❤️❤️❤️❤️
Journey to the Chateau (Patrick and Stuart, whom I hope that you will meet) purchased a vehicle prior to their arrival. I am not sure how they did that-whether or not they did it on a trip-but Patrick is German and his parents are still alive and residing in Germany. Just putting that out there in case someone is considering a move and is reading this. Y’all went to a lot of dealers so you really did a lot of research, just in a condensed time period. Good job!
You have a marvellous chateau. I am looking forward to the journey thank you for sharing. Xx
Delightful to see the catch up, and everyone arrive! Congratulations on your first workshop!
So glad for you all! We live in asnaamm villaage severral misles from NYC. It is not easy here any longer to be honest as taxes are tough and life is getting harder I think.
You are doing a grand thing by slowly getting yourselves organized and with all the artisans coming and classes being taught it should be fantastic!
Wonderful to have friends and family involved in this move and the visits and all are helping as well. So exciting! Have been watching since your first visit at Chateau de LaLand. Congratulations!
For your standard hardware brand paints I have found over the decades that the brands to trust are Valentines, & Rippolin with Rippolin being my favorite as they are the truest to color and have to quality of covering with a selection of colors. The other brands do not cover or the color you buy is nothing like the color on their swatch...nowhere near and you end up doing 3 coats just to cover...waste of money...there are some more niche brands like Little Green and Farrow and Ball out of the UK, and their prices went up with Brexit...a local niche brand is Theodore and they have the colors one would expect in a Chateau, along with some deep and vibrant colors for those of us with an eye for lively living!!!
Thanks so much for all that advice! It’s very helpful to get brand recommendations, and we will definitely look for Theodore!
I think they showed some Farrow and Ball (F & B?) in the vlog.
How exciting! Congratulations on having family come to the château and the big move. Happy birthday, Maruca!
Just a beautiful video. Form the scenery, the filming and the music, outstanding. Looking forward to following your experiences and thanks so much for sharing!
Amazing, what a dream to live!
I was so excited to see a new episode of the Château! What a wonderful journey you all are undertaking. I so look forward to seeing more explorations of the building, and the many changes you will be making. I’m so glad that dear Maruca is now over there and taking part in all the excitement. (It was great to see both fur-babies have such a wonderful time. I love that the kitty was taking part in the explorations of the house, and seemingly enjoying the adventures.) Looking forward to more episodes soon!
Welcome all of you to your new home; 🥂🍾settling in is such an adventure. It’s been a long hard road but it’s the worthwhile getting there. I know the feeling of pinching yourself to see if it’s a dream. I’ve been there moving to Vancouver, British Columbia from the other side of Canada the East Coast 17 years ago. It’s a wonderful dream though and you don’t want to wake up. But you eventually do with the tasks ahead😊
The puppy is beautiful he looks so friendly and so attentive. He’s going to be a very obedient puppy very loyal puppy. I can tell by the way he looks up at who ever was there.
So happy to see your mom and sister join you finally I am sure they’re excited to.
I love the bathrooms in your château I think they are charming and in keeping with the period of the château. You could change the plumbing. Do try not to modernize it too much try keeping the period charm and ambiance that it has.Painting over tile hmm 🤔 a lot of people do that in Italian Villas and is not as nice as the original underneath. I always want to scream when I see them do that. I love your bathrooms I think they are beautiful and you’re walking back in time and they are luxurious they’re not cheap. I think different and unique that’s France that’s Italy !
Well to sum it up enjoy your adventure your family and your new life in France.
PS is your dad coming to join you? I haven’t seen him.💕🌈🇨🇦
Did they indicate that they were going to paint over tile?
Amazing last shot with the candle 😍
SO happy that everything is starting to come together! Such a beautiful spot and chateau!
I’m so excited for your adventure in your new home!
A beautiful chateau and grounds! A life changing move. Enjoy every minute! I look forward to your next video.
Literally just thinking about you all today, then you post! Just a fantastic vlog, loved it and can't wait for the future x ❤
Fantastic and so Happy your settling in to your awesome new home!
Great to see you setting in marvellously ! You all would love ❤️ living in France 🇫🇷
I absolutely love your chateau it’s breathtaking 💕
How fantastic!! You both look so happy! Pisco was quite the trooper! I think overwhelmed must be the understatement of the year!! I can't imagine! Striking the balance between getting a feel for the place and getting going on what must be done before you have guests seems difficult, but you are doing it!
Great video! Thank you for sharing your wonderful adventure!
I’m so glad you’re home now and acclimating at a balanced pace. Now that mama and sis have arrived, things will feel more real and hopefully less overwhelming. Enjoy, and thank you for bring us along😊
So much Magic Ahead...Fun watching it all unfold...So Beautiful... So Blessed
So glad y'all have moved in!!! Can't wait to see y'all's films, it's such a gorgeous chateau!!!
Congratulations on the big leap! Excitement and intrepidation all rolled into one. Thank you for sharing your journey through French life.
What an amazing journey!! I have been waiting for this video. Congratulations on finally moving in. Can’t wait to see more x
I'm am thrilled to see you all. Looking forward to seeing your journey
Bonjour my loves you’ve arrived in France puss travelled far and now exploring the Chateau so excited for the workshop master artist just fabulous😍👌Atlast your mum and sister arrive Happy Birthday to you I am so happy for you all new owners of a chateau so magnifique I know Im going to savour every moment Abiento my loves❤️❤️😍😍👌👌🌟🌟
Your mother's hair is beautiful!
so glad to see you settling in its so exciting to see :)
How wonderful that Caroline's father could be there with you! Hope that your chat has settled - fun to see him explore. Fantastic that you were able to keep on the gardener and handyman. Happy birthday to your mother! Look forward to seeing how you handle the bathrooms.
Welcome home everyone! Enjoyed.
The footage at the end with the table scape for Marucas birthday is absolutely magazine cover worthy!
Just wanted to hop on even before watching the video and let you all know that I am completely and utterly immersed and enthralled in your channel and content. I have been checking your page and Instagram like a mad woman for any updates and worried of the possibility that you ladies had a change of heart in uploading, taking us along on your journey. So extremely excited to see you all back. You’re all spectacular and I’m living vicariously through you and your experiences. Much love.
Love it! Love it! Love it! Welcome to France.
Wonderful to see you settling in to the Chatelaine life. Your Chateau is one of my favourites and the Painting workshop looks incredible. Good luck and hope to be a visitor/volunteer one day 🤩
Wishing you both so much happiness! Greetings from South Africa 👋🏻
So lovely for you to be there at springtime. The perfect time of the year. Good luck ☀️🍀
I love this place.. cant wait to come there if you do a BNB
this is a whole dream life 😍 🙌 😩
Chicas me encanta su historia !!! Esta etapa parece maravillosa, de cuento !!! Sería posible poner subtítulos en español ?? Sería maravilloso !!! Toda la suerte del mundo.!!! Saludos desde Buenos Aires ❤️
bonjour de france pour les sous titres, clic parametres sous la vidéos, puis traduction automatique, puis choisir espagnol ...
I'm looking forward to living vicariously through you and your family. Viva France!
Fantastic. Glad all arrived safely. So much to do but slowly slowly. Hope your Mum had a lovely birthday
Exciting ! Thank you for bringing us along . 🥰
So happy for you all! What an adventure; and I am so excited to go on this journey with you all.
Love you guy's! ❤
Such a great vlog, so
Happy and thank you for sharing x
Wow wow wow! So excited to see more 🌸
Fantastic video! So excited to continue to follow you!
So excited it’s happening
Love this Chateau,may you all be very happy there and have lots of fun,and look after those wonderful gardens
Great beginning! Good luck!
Oh, that was so lovely to be able to share the emotions of those moments! I will be you in about six weeks (but on about 1/50th the scale), so it was especially moving for me to get a preview of how it will feel. This video oozed joy and it was wonderful to watch. I also could sense more confidence than in your previous videos. You sound more sure of yourself, which makes total sense.
I have a total unsexy logistical question: what airline did you fly, and did you have standard seats? I bring my cat back and forth several times a year, on Air France, and he's always so squashed under the seat even though he's a small cat. It looked like Pisco had plenty of room.
I wondered that too about the legroom. I'm glad that everyone seemed comfortable.
Wow, just wow!! Really enjoyed the 🎥 and so happy to see you embracing the responsibilities, changes and challenges of your new lives in France!! So exciting!! Hope to see another 🎥 soon!!! USA
Wondered how things were going as it's been awhile since you posted, so thanks for the update. Would love to hear about the challenges you experience as an American moving to rural France. The good stuff is always covered in the other vlogs, but I want to hear what your challenges are. Do you speak fluent French? How do you accomplish your jobs? If you don't speak French, how do you get the wifi installed with the local provider? Common every day tasks we go through here, but in France.
We’d love to cover more of this!!! We’ll definitely make it a priority to share as much as we can!
Hi, so glad that you have finally arrived at your lovely home. So looking forward to your videos and to see the transformation of the beautiful place. Take care love and hugs ☺️x
Hola Chicas, que buen vlog, hemos tenido Peugeot por 40 años y son geniales, que tengan una gran experiencia en Francia!! Saludos desde Chile
I almost cried seeing your mother sending you away at the airport
I live just outside Sarlat, you both couldn't have chosen a more beautiful and friendly place to situation yourselves. Bienvenue!
Watching this while my kitty is bumming some pets from me. Love your kitty 😻❤️
Beautiful, congratulations. One day my husband and I will book a visit with you all next year, God willing. I'm so happy for you all. God bless you all always.
Bravo bravo bravo 1000 bravo ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
How wonderful life is going to be for you all, wishing you all the very best x
Simply delightful episode!! Congratulations on the relocation and so glad you took your kitty. Every time I leave the house I miss mine. All the best with the renovations.
Que bonito que toda su familia las apolle!! Muchas felicidades! You are living the dream!!
Hola a todas. Bienvenidos a Francia. You will just love it here if you work with it and not against it. Best of wishes from a Swed in France.