the last journey south part one – Sens this trip south to stay for the last time in my house in Spain involved more exploration of France than usual. my first stop was to deliver pots to my dear friend Philippe Model, for his new shop Philippe Model Maison in the rue Condorcét in Paris, opening soon. he lives in Sens, south of Paris, in his family home, a seventeenth century farmhouse with four hectares of river avenues trees ex-tanning factory fascination hat-making workshops (he is a famous hat designer) theatrical sets (he does that too) secret places hoards shambolics objets/things hidden floors the king of the labyrinth photo-scenic corners and a delicious house with its ancient high wood-lined vaulted ceilings and attics and courtyards after this adventure I drove all the way across France to the south west and over into Spain where we stayed in a very nice hotel that allows dogs and doesn’t even charge extra in the beautiful city of Vitoria-Gasteiz. from there a six hour drive to the finca. Post navigation the last firings this yearpart two on the finca 2 Comments The tanning works looks wonderful,was there a waterwheel.I bet the smell wasn’t that wonderful when it was operating.Has a sort of melancholy. Reply it’s full of what Philippe does, so no actually it’s not melancholy. yes, it would have been smelly! I imagine at one time there must have been a waterwheel, or else some other use of that leat, the main river is huge through Sens Reply Leave a ReplyCancel reply This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.
The tanning works looks wonderful,was there a waterwheel.I bet the smell wasn’t that wonderful when it was operating.Has a sort of melancholy. Reply
it’s full of what Philippe does, so no actually it’s not melancholy. yes, it would have been smelly! I imagine at one time there must have been a waterwheel, or else some other use of that leat, the main river is huge through Sens Reply