tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post7961216190093807886..comments2024-03-29T09:09:49.454+01:00Comments on wcs: Chaumont-sur-Loirewcshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00551283829616757577noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-15438259862314609712012-11-22T07:44:43.921+01:002012-11-22T07:44:43.921+01:00I love the history behind these things. I appreci...I love the history behind these things. I appreciate you posting them.Ur-spohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04237644452200889946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-48315264613942082972012-11-21T23:52:17.477+01:002012-11-21T23:52:17.477+01:00It looks like the white cliffs of dover!It looks like the white cliffs of dover!John Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-13141770548534647842012-11-21T21:24:57.220+01:002012-11-21T21:24:57.220+01:00It seems to be coming apart at the seams.It seems to be coming apart at the seams.Starmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12386841450183061541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-31510719910177187742012-11-21T13:47:59.601+01:002012-11-21T13:47:59.601+01:00Hi Susan,
I think you mean Béghin [Say], because...Hi Susan, <br /><br />I think you mean Béghin [Say], because Marie-Charlotte wasn’t the spouse of a maharajah, but first married Prince de Broglie and then Prince d’Orléans. <br /><br />In fact Béghin became associated with Say only in 1967, and the company Béghin-Say was created in 1972, almost thirty years after Marie-Charlotte demise.<br />chmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-83866120523148982882012-11-21T13:23:16.322+01:002012-11-21T13:23:16.322+01:00Hey, no kidding? I didn't know that about Benj...Hey, no kidding? I didn't know that about Benjamin Franklin!Seine Judeet (Judith)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07407353544376132484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-55260936986483197272012-11-21T11:19:29.223+01:002012-11-21T11:19:29.223+01:00Nostradamus spent time there when he was Catherine...Nostradamus spent time there when he was Catherine de Medici's fortune teller, but for me, the most entertaining occupant was the last private owner, the deliciously eccentric Marie-Charlotte Say, heiress to the Begum Say sugar fortune and second richest woman in France at the time she purchased Chaumont. Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06472449597146519943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-16797293194673219842012-11-21T08:55:27.930+01:002012-11-21T08:55:27.930+01:00I love the last "throw-away" line, Walt!...I love the last "throw-away" line, Walt!<br /><i>Benjamin Franklin once stayed here.</i><br />It should have a blue plaque!<br />Brought a smile to my face on this grey [or just for you...gray] morning... just like the gargoyle pic of the week... at least I presume it is a gargoyle.. or is it the angle of the picture?Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439261142732764451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-38394287752755235272012-11-21T08:46:09.666+01:002012-11-21T08:46:09.666+01:00If someone gave me a château like Chaumont, I woul...If someone gave me a château like Chaumont, I would try to find the time to stay in it, at least occasionally, just to be polite !!Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726164724131916224noreply@blogger.com