We don't often get French clients, although some of our American clients speak French very well. But earlier this year we were in for a real treat. Sophie booked a tour for three people with us. She assured us that everyone was quite slender and they were sure they would be comfortable in the back of Claudette together. I assumed the third person was a child, travelling with parents or grandparents. But it turned out that Sophie was French and the third person was the rather marvellous Marguerite, her 90+ year old mother.
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| In case you are wondering, they stayed at the luxurious Chateau Louise, near Amboise. |
Why had they hired us? Well, Sophie was also American, having grown up there, and her husband was American. Marguerite had also lived in the US most of her adult life, having got married and then emigrated so her husband could pursue his medical career. Now she was a widow she had come back to live in Paris and Sophie visits often. Marguerite was well versed in French history, and had visited many of the places we took them, albeit many decades earlier. What was especially nice were her stories about her parents and the circles they moved in (which included being friendly with the chocolate manufacturing Menier family from Chenonceau). Marguerite was very discreet though, pointing out that she was only a little girl at the time, so couldn't pass on any scandal...
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