Abbaye St-Andre 7

We're driving up...and all the parking lots are full. I look around where I should park my car, because parking in the middle of the road and thus blocking the passage for everyone does not seem neat. There is lawn everywhere. Empty big cardboard boxes that apparently once sat around a TV are on the lawn, buckets here and there, some metal things scattered around. Due to lack of space I put my car as far as possible to the side and with 2 tires on that lawn. After some searching, a woman comes running hot from the building and begins to dine with me in French without hesitation. I had already read a review somewhere that there was a "castle Karen" somewhere...and I think I had found her.I try to make it clear that we are the new guests and have no idea where to report, which is which are French mighty, but no waterfall. After which I then only get yelled at in English where I got the guts to desecrate her grass. Thought for myself that the value of the lawn had increased by the current value of our car the moment we touched it, but she I apparently thought otherwise. I indicated that I was not aware of anything between the cardboard and the buckets, but if it displeased her so much I naturally wanted to stand in the middle of the road otherwise. She would go and see her husband These were the experiences of our first 5 minutes.Meneer himself was the opposite of his EGA happy and tap image of courtesy.Further ... no wifi as was promised. We wanted to go on the gravel. Asked whether the children were allowed to play on the grass, that was allowed. The swing was otherwise inaccessible. Overall impression of the "estate" was that we were fortunately on the side which was fairly neat. Other parts would probably have been declared uninhabitable long ago. Except for the lack of windows,

A beautiful house, lots of space. There is, however, a fairly busy D road behind the garden. The promised Jeu de boules court turned out not to be there. Playset turned out to be a toddler slide. The photos are outdated. The appearance of the garden has completely changed.

The address was hard to find with our GPS, but some friendly villagers helped us well. The accommodation was very good: an old building refurbished without affecting its authentic character. Friendly daughter of the house and friendly homeowner-active farmer. Impressive building with majestic entrance gate surrounded by grain fields, potato fields and corn fields. You can make a nice holiday yourself. The accommodation and environment are important, but subordinate to your attitude to make something of it yourself.