Merry Christmas!
A merry Christmas to all, I thought I would get in early this year as we have completed our tourist and wargames season for 2023 until we reopen in April 2024. A big thank you to all of our Wargame holiday and French cultural tour guests this year, we have almost totally transitioned to 3-5 night private fully guided Holidays.
We had a very big year with guests from all over the world, again America and Australia were our top visitors, and also welcomed English, Scots, Dutch, Swiss, German, Belgians and of course French.
Renovations continue on the Maison l’Hotel de Hercé, now onto the third and forth floor, plus attic spaces. We also commenced the exterior dependencies/outbuildings renovation this year also and more work on the garden also of course.
During the year we had monument historic architects also visit and they have pushed back the construction date by 30 years to 1690s making the house very modern for its time, transitional baroque so that has been a shock. They also possibly think our Cave/Cellars may be much earlier and could be built in the late 15th century, due to its arches, vaulted ceilings and wide granite footing stones (800mm x 600mm), the basement kitchens, the water storage source and stone waste waster systems.
A big year for medieval, early renaissance, ww2 and Napoleonic being the most popular periods on the table. I have also helped my friend Philip along with with the Perry translation of Valour and Fortitude for French Napoleonic players.
Looking forward to a Australian Christmas with our family and visiting my first granddaughter in Sydney!
All the best
Cheers
Matt
