came across your vlog today and enjoy your energy and attitude/frankness. I'm a patron of Stephanie's and was there for her first Patrons day. I totally understand how it is to be there with the crew. Percy and I spoke and admitted my "paternal" concerns towards Steph. He assured me he was keeping an eye on things lol. I've subscribed and am accompanying you on this journey. A bientot. Dan R
I give you a lot credit traveling and going to la lande and trying to make your dream come true with owning a chateau i wish i could do that one day thank you so much for your videos
Well hello from Sydney, Australia! I really enjoyed your video, a totally different style so far from the other chateau channels... I have been watching The Chateau Diaries from the beginning, not long after after Stephanie first started vlogging, it seems like so long ago now. Love all the chateau channels and going by the ending, you have already started your chateau journey, I'm looking forward to your new adventure! 🦘
Thank you so much & hellooooo Denise! I love me some Aussie's ! My friend Kerry and I met at Lalande a couple of years ago and she came back to France again last month to help me settle in! You'll recognize the accent in future vlogs... LOL . Stephanie has been my #1 inspiration for sure... Big fan!
Teresa from Nashville, TN. Also a Patron of Lalande. LOVE your energy and the go-go dancing! :) I'm going to watch your other episodes and I look forward to following along on your journey.
I was there in october. , at Lalande, kept pinching myself! My sister and I absolutely Loved it! Just found you I Really enjoyed your enthusiasm and energy on this video😊My whole life is also centered around this voyage to France, Lalande and a future living in Europe! How can we meet! Lets have a chateau retreat, hop from Chateau to Chateau enjoying the ambiance , history and wine! I drove us from lyon to Lalande, had an issue with the toll booths, , trucks barrelling down on my ass, and Im in the wrong lane! what a nightmare. I loved the countryside too, could it all be more beautiful. What am I doing here in canada, its not my people!
I've been watching the Chateau Diaries since Covid. Stephanie has also inspired me! My hubby and I moved from the Chicagoland area to South GA. We purchsed a big historic home and I'll be vlogging it soon. The Southern Chateau. A bit of France and chateau life here in the US! I really enjoyed your video and ill be following you! Bon jour!
I like seeing the driving , being able to see the countryside the towns. I think its a good balance so far. Im enjoying watching you navigate and try to get accustomed to this beautiful country. I want to see the good, the bad and the ugly. Thanks for sharing your adventure. Cant wait for you to be able to put out more vids, you're a lot of fun
Thank you so much, It has already been such a wild ride filled with as you say, good, bad and ugly! Hopefully at least there is humor in the ugly parts. LOL
@@GoGoChateau There absolutely is! Im always smiling. Just saw the end to this vid and weirdly got goosebumps, lol, im so excited for you and i cant wait to become just as hooked on go go chateau as i am to TCD ❤
I just got back from my own 6 week adventure in France with a lovely stay at Lalande. I am not after a chateau just a little cottage. But my experiences and observations were just like yours. After Lalande I spent most of October in the southwest. Looooved the Dordogne, Lot and Garrone river towns. Nice video! Good luck!
Love it!!! I hear great things about Dordogne - haven’t spent time there ‘yet’ as I have been driven towards the NW but I do plan to see as much of this beautiful country as possible now that I am here! Good luck with your cottage search! So much to pick from!
So i just finished the episode and see that you were there some time ago, so you must have found your property! So happy for you! Just read your bio too and see why your video is so good as well as your on-screen persona. I’m 2 years away from my move but will enjoy following your journey. Will you be catching up to near real time? (I’m a Laker ‘fan’ from the 80s ;-) Cali girl now living in Albuquerque.)
@@lollygee172 Yes, I'm doing a timeline collapse now which means I need to pull into the present. All of the talking head narration is recent as I narrate the journey to where I am now... There is still a lag for all kinds of reasons, clearance, technical difficulties, doing everything myself, yada yada but next week it gets closer and will continue to do so until I get with just a few weeks lag. My social channels are more current as they are easier to put out, if you want to follow there!
I am thrilled for you!! I have been watching Chateau Diaries from the beginning! I will be looking forward to seeing the chateau that you make your home! I love your dancing!! All the best from Memphis, TN, USA!!!!!!
I wish you only the best. good luck and God speed, but keep in mind. She had Nick and Michael and Mummy and Daddy to get this off the ground, and now Philip. Hope you have a crew that can help you, guide you, and guard you. blessings.
Thanks for looking out! You are totally right, it's super hard to do alone. I do have some great friends and fellow chateaux lovers who are already coming to my rescue! Stay tuned to meet them all!
I have really enjoyed this video. I love your vibe and energy! But wow, Dan has been gone from the Chateau for 2 years. How long ago was this shot? I am looking forward to seeing your adventures.
Thank you, yes indeed. This has been a 3 year journey for me and I am slowly going in chronological order of how I experienced it. If you are interested, towards the end I explain collapsing the timeline. Or want to go back to earlier episodes it might make more sense. All of the talking head narration is current. I doubt I will ever be the kind of storyteller that is posting as it happens. However my socials are more current as they are easier and faster to put out than a 20-25 min episode with thousands of edits, dozens of music cues, animation and vfx.
Such a fun jounrey with you as you find your way to finally , Chateau de La Laland! I have been watching the vlogs and a patron of Chateau de LaLand, and have been for quite a long time! Have Loved meeting so many people along the way( well feel like I know them all well now.) LOL . Hope you do well and have found a Chateu already that is right for you, and things are going well for you as you move heaven and earth to get it all set up and livable and very charming.Maybe a bed and breakfast also!? . It would be great for you to learn more and naviagate your wayto meet up with Sephanie as she does make such good friends with all who do have Chateaus, and are friends with her, and so hope you become one of them, also! Not easy am sure , as it is a lifelong adventure. But you wil take many along! Look forward to joining you as you move with your dreams of also becoming a Chateau owner! You should stop and see Dan at his Chateau, and he really has been working hard and his Chateau does have a grand history as well! He is moving along well with some help from friends. It will be stunning when finished am sure! Realize this did not just happen when you visited, but am sure you will be visiting again and one day we will see you there with all the Lalanders! Stephanie and Philip are great people and am sure you had such great time with her. She is an actress as well ,and has taken the training and knows her stuff very well, you might say! Such an oprah singer! You can take in'' Work a Ways'', (People between jobs, and you can 'advertise', and they will work for living and food at first) it helps you and also them at this point.. and if they volunteer to have food and a place to live at first it will give you help to get started! . But being ''very careful '' of their background ,of course. Some hve been able to have college students who are taining in certain fields of carpentry or gardening etc and they come at times off from school , to work at a Chateau to help get it started. Not sure just how it works , if for training or pay too , but maybe to live and eat also , and training, as well? After a while they well may become paid staff living there as well, and being paid or still working as volunteers? They may become a dear part of your family, helping out as you have people stay at your Bed and Breakfast, if this is what you wanted? ! They will help you with your work and with the fun you will have at the Chaeau you choose! Stephanie even found the man of her dreams! The wedding will be a very spectacular day, just like when Isabel *Mummy* and Percy married. She was taken to the Chapel in a horse drawn wagon! ( The fabulously renovated Chapel, a whole discussion of its own!) It is like home to me, but here I am in NYS, far from France! 😪 But being able to watch and feel part of it all takes me into their world, and this is one thing that means so very much to me! Thousands like me! 🤩❣🧚♀💃🐑 🦌 Guess we certainly can learn little bit by watching others! Do know it takes work , of course . Do hope you enjoy this whole time of the Journey of looking for the Chateau of your dreams ( think it needs to talk to you in order to know " this is the one!?" Look forward to you finding your way into this new life, in France!
Awe thank you Carol for the thoughtful response! You certainly know the Chateau-verse! It really is a special place. Fear not, I am aware of all of the challenges and am certain that I will draw lovely people to me for assistance. 'If you build it they will come !" I totally believe in magic!
Yeh. Limoges, not a fan either. And my family still live there and has been for centuries. But if you are in the market for any type of porcelain, new or second hand, that's the place to go.
Wow you have serious roots there! Yes understood it is the epicenter for porcelain which is why I was so excited to go... Places have energy and we all respond differently to them based on our own vibe. It's fascinating to me!
Great editing and you're a real character 😂. I feel ya. Been obsessed with French château's and with Laland too. Stephanie makes everyone she encounters feel seen and valued. I'm trying to figure out how to relocate to France. Best wishes on your adventure. Looking forward to seeing your videos.
Merci Mama! My background is in film production so it's a little hard for me to just do straight cuts but also takes a boatload of time - so I probably need to be less precious about it. LOL. Yes to loving Stephanie. She really is the sweetest human - in person exactly as she is on camera. In regards to relocating, you can absolutely do it! There are so many possibilities and if that's your desire you will make it happen for sure!
Love the road footage. I’m in Atlanta currently looking to do what you are doing. I’d love to buy a chateau and like you said follow the template of Stephanie at La Lande. Do you have any tips you can share? I’m looking to go the creative finance route in the process.
Oh cool! Another Atlantan! Thanks for following along and the support. Not sure what you mean by creative finance but I decided to engage a buyers rep after doing it solo for the first couple of years. Although it adds a bit in fees, I couldn't have done it without him. You'll meet him in the next episode!
What a lot of fun you are! On a very low day your joie de vivre lifted me right up, now I wanna come be one of those useful moths hovering around your cool chatelaine flame 😄
@@LarsOfMars. Awww that is the nicest thing ever! I am so humbled that the content lifted your spirits on a down day! That is the highest compliment. I’m gonna need an army of moths soon! 🦋
@@GoGoChateau I'm already rooting for ya, thanks for sharing your journey, and well done being so cool 😏 Speaking of which it is freeeezing here in Scotland, I'm going to cocoon myself in wool until the next instalment 🦋
I love the driving content because I was just there in France in September driving around and thoroughly enjoyed the experience. I plan on moving at retirement to Southern France at retirement from Victoria BC Canada. Sooo looking forward to it !! I can’t wait to see more of your content and I saw at the end of the video you held up a set of keys!!! Can’t wait to see your chateau🎉🎉
@angela-k4q I know right? I never get sick of the scenery here! Excited for you to live your dream in Southern France basking in the Sun! Do you follow Adrian Leeds? She's the Queen of Real Estate in Nice. Not sure where you're thinking but she has a ton of great info! & oui there are keys! 😜
Hi new subscriber, first time visiting your channel. 100% a fan of Stephanie and long time viewer. I was watching you thinking, wow, she is a really good filmmaker, and well, then you said you were a director. I am looking forward to following your dream. Love the French countryside,
hey sista, just saying hello. love your adventurous spirit…. excited to follow along. i too have been following stephanie since the beginning of her channel and have found great inspiration in what she has created. she has been a light. i’m quickly approaching my 50’s and see myself splitting my time between the states and rural france as time moves forward. sending good juju your way. blessings-scott
@@feelgoodgoeasy Hello Kindred Spirit! It’s quite a tribe she has created and rightly so, she’s lovely in every way! Love the 50/50 plan for you and totally doable! Everything is possible when we hold the vision! Thanks for the support. I really appreciate it!
Just came across your video and you shocked me when you mentioned I-5 and Hiway 99!! I thought "this lady is from California!" I live in Central California. I love watching Christine and everyone that comes through to help and visit. Not being as extroverted as she is I would have a diffucult time with people in my "castle" but enjoy the commarderie that has developed there!! Interested to see where your story takes you!!
@@lyndaplancarte4895 Yes!!!! I was born in Stockton and went to High School in Lodi! Went to Long Beach State to college and did that 1-5 /99 hustle for years!
@@GoGoChateauI grew up near Escalon so Modesto and Stockton were my nearest "big" towns!! Now live in the country outside of Ripon right off of Hiway 120.
I love a little crazy, I am in Australia in a town called Hervey Bay. I follow the Chateau channels because it is so far removed from our life here, I love architecture can appreciate the french style although so not mine, and I get to explore from afar, it is such a long way for us to travel to Europe. And it was great escapism during covid.
Some of my favorite people are Australians! We have a lot of similarities I think. I understand about the distance, my friend Kerry was just here from Melbourne (I met at Lalande) she has done the trip several times and it's killer. She breaks it up but still brutal!
I have followed Stephanie since she began. I live in Barcelona, came here from USA:..Argentina….born in USA, North American, prefer living in Europe. Got a kick from your video,, as I was born in Pasadena, know the HollyGollyWood life quite well.
No way! I lived in Eagle Rock for 10 years before moving to Atlanta, God I miss the Rose Bowl Flea Market! - in 2016 I had to get out of LA - then had to get out of GA. I think I'm going to prefer Europe also. I had better as this is kinda the last hurrah!
Hello from New Zealand . I love Chateaus and Antiques and do watch The Chateau diaries and lots of other Chateau Channels too . Have been to France but one day i will go .
Wow that's so cool! I've had several people from NZ reach out- it's really still so fascinating how people find each other! If it's your dream to come to France you'll make it happen!
Can't wait to see more of your adventure. [Looks like you went a couple of years ago, based on the plantings in the courtyard of LaLande.] I, too, live in Atlanta and discovered all the chateaulains through the DIY show [that Peacock had maddening not updated] and went to RUclips. Personally, I love all the footage of the beautiful countryside. At the moment, I am recovering from surgery, so I will be keeping an eye out for more episodes!
Cyd in USA. I noticed that as well. Especially the shots of the courtyard that is much grander now :-) Loved the shows from France. They really got me through Covid epidemic.
Your vlog has been on my brain in the last week and I was wondering when I might be privileged to see another one of your videos. So excited to see you pop up in my feed and catch up on what you have been up to. You most definitely have one of the most creative approaches to a chateau vlog that I have seen. Just planning on living vicariously through you until I can step foot in France. My hope is to convince my family to move there in the next couple of years. Did you give us a hint that you bought yourself a chateau by waving those keys at us???? You sure do know how to create suspense. Glad you have a bunch of videos coming up. Just PLEASE don't take 2 months before you post the next one. A bientot.
Trucks are banned off the roads on Sundays in France. Roads are maintained by the commune (village or town) that you drive through. National motorways are maintained by the National or privately owned companies and N roads in between by the Prefecture of the Departments. Thanks for the vlog; new to the channel (I live in France and have stayed at Lalande) and like your style!
Another Patron of CD here. I’m from Melbourne and love the Chateauverse too. Will definitely be following along. It’s on my bucket list to get there. Would love to invest with others and live in Chateauland. Ive subscribed xx
@@wendylinsen3900 Yay, thanks Wendy! You need to meet my friend Kerry who I met at Lalande and she lives in Melbourne too! She was here a few weeks ago… Kindred spirits unite!
New subscriber here. Ive been watching Chateau Diaries as well since Covid and caught up on the earliest ones once I started watching so I've seen every one.. I pop in on other chateau vlogs but that is the only one I watch religiously and was a patron as well. I started watching from my home in California but have since moved to Ohrid, North Macedonia. I like the driving parts as well.
Thanks so much Steven! I feel the same way, my loyalty is to CD as well and was a Dauphine Patron for years. I am googling Macedonia now! Sounds exotic!
You're a serious fan !- I'm finding it way harder to keep up with them now. I remember hearing Stephanie say you either watch Chateau episodes or make them & now I know what she meant! It's a full time job, even at the beginning!
OMG! I almost laughed my butt off when you told us you were being escorted out of the village by the Mairie...😂😂 I would have loved to seen that on camera 😂 That could so much have been me. Many years ago a couple of friends and I had sneaked into an abandoned castle. We just wanted to look. Not damage anything. And all of a sudden we were busted by the owner and thrown out of the castle. It was so embarrassing 🫣😂😂 I defintetly understand what drives you! 😉❤
Thanks for your Video! I just subscribed so I can follow along your journey. I've followed Stephanie since she started and it's really been fun. You are so right when you talked about how after watching her vlogs, I feel like I know her and some of the others at the Chateau! But, we are complete strangers. Weird! Anyway, have fun and I look forward to your next one! FYI, I live in MA .ps you are very brave!!!
I met Morgan at LaLand in 2021. She is awesome! And yes even stranger to meet RUclipsrs in person, but LaLanders are genuinely just as charming as they appear in vlogs.
just realised that you must have been at lalande quite a long time ago.. going by Dan's van, that doesn't exist any more... I follow him restoring his chateau on Escape to Rural France. Its quite a show!
Fun video, new sub here! I’m an American with a background in film & TV as well. Lifelong francophile and chateau lover, now splitting my time between France and Eastern Europe while working as an astrocartographer. Now I’m curious to look at your birth chart to see where in France might be the perfect place to find your own chateau! If you’re at all interested in astrology, def look up your astrocartography lines/aspects/parans - might be a great roadmap for your hunt!
Hey Kim! That’s so cool! Kindred Spirits to be sure! Would love to hear about your previous life and the current one. Where in Eastern Europe? I had an astrocartography reading about 5 months ago & the best place for me was Brasov Romania 😅… I still wanted to be in France so I will go to Romania when I need to kick my career into overdrive! LOL! She just messaged me today to go to Bordeaux in August near my wealth line. I’m gonna do all of it!!! I am in NW France now (next episode explains why) 😜
@@GoGoChateau I'm all the way over in the stunningly lovely nation of Georgia (on a North Node line) at the moment, and next week I'll be back in France (at my Jupiter / Venus crossing). Oh gosh, I hope your astrocartographer looked at more than just your planet angle lines. I often have people with certain geographic constraints and there is a lot more nuanced info to be explored. If you're still around when I get to France, let's grab a coffee and I'd be happy to look at your map/chart. On me, you've piqued my curiosity! And we can also discuss previous set life -- don't miss it, but would certainly do it again -- no regrets 🤓
Technically speaking lol, I would say the mothership is actually the Strawbridges - they had the first show Escape to the Chateau. Chateau DIY was a spinoff of that.
@@Tracy_R Merci Tracy! Yes that's what is so amazing about RUclips you can really drop in to anyones life, learn something new and feel as if you've gone with them because you have!
Stephanie is the quintessential chatelaine. From what I've seen, she is kind, generous and helpful and I've never heard her speak badly of anyone. All fine qualities to have in what can be a cesspool of RUclips channels. Good luck in your chateau search - but are you sure France is for you?
@@Sparrowdean Agreed! She’s exactly as she presents herself to be. Kind, funny, smart, and big hearted. She deserves all of the good fortune bestowed upon her! Big fan! And to answer your question, if France isn’t for me it’s too late now… 😂😜 Next weeks episode will begin to reveal my current reality!
Enjoyed! Thanks for the entertainment! When I sent my memoir "Destiny Deems" to Chateau de Lalande Stephanie read the first page: STYLE ICONS - AN AUTUMNAL AFTERNOON TEA, @16:29+
@@GenaF Thanks for the feedback. There are a lot of music cues in my episodes and sometimes the levels get shifted during export and import so it happens from time to time.
came across your vlog today and enjoy your energy and attitude/frankness.
I'm a patron of Stephanie's and was there for her first Patrons day. I totally understand how it is to be there with the crew. Percy and I spoke and admitted my "paternal" concerns towards Steph. He assured me he was keeping an eye on things lol. I've subscribed and am accompanying you on this journey. A bientot. Dan R
Thanks so much Dan! It means the world to be embraced by this loyal community and to have kindred spirits cheering me on!
I give you a lot credit traveling and going to la lande and trying to make your dream come true with owning a chateau i wish i could do that one day thank you so much for your videos
thank you for watching, for the kind message and encouragement! if you have a dream you can make it happen, I believe in you!
I enjoyed your video!
I’ve been following Stephanie since 2019.
I too love the chateau verse and I’m excited about your channel!
Thank you so much, it means the world to me that I get the support of this community. Fingers crossed!
GIRL, we need to be fast friends and do a collab. I just met you, subscribed, and J'ADORE!!!
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Woo Hoo! Love that kind of declaration! When you know you know! I just subscribed to your channel as well!
I really loved this video! I’m a new subbie from Vancouver Island Canada and love anything chateau! Can’t wait for your next video!!! 😊
Yay! Thank you so much for the follow & support!
Well hello from Sydney, Australia!
I really enjoyed your video, a totally different style so far from the other chateau channels...
I have been watching The Chateau Diaries from the beginning, not long after after Stephanie first started vlogging, it seems like so long ago now. Love all the chateau channels and going by the ending, you have already started your chateau journey, I'm looking forward to your new adventure! 🦘
Thank you so much & hellooooo Denise! I love me some Aussie's ! My friend Kerry and I met at Lalande a couple of years ago and she came back to France again last month to help me settle in! You'll recognize the accent in future vlogs... LOL . Stephanie has been my #1 inspiration for sure... Big fan!
Teresa from Nashville, TN. Also a Patron of Lalande. LOVE your energy and the go-go dancing! :) I'm going to watch your other episodes and I look forward to following along on your journey.
Hi T from TN! Thank you sooooo muuuuuchhhhh! Woo Hoo!
I was there in october. , at Lalande, kept pinching myself! My sister and I absolutely Loved it! Just found you I Really enjoyed your enthusiasm and energy on this video😊My whole life is also centered around this voyage to France, Lalande and a future living in Europe! How can we meet! Lets have a chateau retreat, hop from Chateau to Chateau enjoying the ambiance , history and wine! I drove us from lyon to Lalande, had an issue with the toll booths, , trucks barrelling down on my ass, and Im in the wrong lane! what a nightmare.
I loved the countryside too, could it all be more beautiful. What am I doing here in canada, its not my people!
Hi! Thank you so much! I am totally with you Sister! It's such a dreamy, magical place!
Hi my daughter and I stayed at Chateau la landa in October this year and we loved it too.We are from New Zealand
HI! It's magical isn't it? So much better in person right?
Hi Sandra, its Susan we were there at the same time as you! Susan and Anita fromCanada!
How quirky you are! That’s a compliment by the way. Looking forward to watching your adventure.
LOL. Quirky is one of my favorite words! I 100% take that as it was intended! Merci!
I've been watching the Chateau Diaries since Covid. Stephanie has also inspired me! My hubby and I moved from the Chicagoland area to South GA. We purchsed a big historic home and I'll be vlogging it soon. The Southern Chateau. A bit of France and chateau life here in the US! I really enjoyed your video and ill be following you! Bon jour!
@@jilljensenliving That’s awesome! I can’t wait to see your channel! I’m leaving Georgia - headed back home to Atlanta to pack up this week!
Who did you vote for?
I like seeing the driving , being able to see the countryside the towns. I think its a good balance so far. Im enjoying watching you navigate and try to get accustomed to this beautiful country. I want to see the good, the bad and the ugly. Thanks for sharing your adventure. Cant wait for you to be able to put out more vids, you're a lot of fun
Thank you so much, It has already been such a wild ride filled with as you say, good, bad and ugly! Hopefully at least there is humor in the ugly parts. LOL
@@GoGoChateau There absolutely is! Im always smiling. Just saw the end to this vid and weirdly got goosebumps, lol, im so excited for you and i cant wait to become just as hooked on go go chateau as i am to TCD ❤
@@toots4205 Wow wow wow! I can only hope to have a fraction of the support that TCD gets. I mean it would be an absolute dream come true!
I just got back from my own 6 week adventure in France with a lovely stay at Lalande. I am not after a chateau just a little cottage. But my experiences and observations were just like yours. After Lalande I spent most of October in the southwest. Looooved the Dordogne, Lot and Garrone river towns. Nice video! Good luck!
Love it!!! I hear great things about Dordogne - haven’t spent time there ‘yet’ as I have been driven towards the NW but I do plan to see as much of this beautiful country as possible now that I am here! Good luck with your cottage search! So much to pick from!
So i just finished the episode and see that you were there some time ago, so you must have found your property! So happy for you! Just read your bio too and see why your video is so good as well as your on-screen persona. I’m 2 years away from my move but will enjoy following your journey. Will you be catching up to near real time? (I’m a Laker ‘fan’ from the 80s ;-) Cali girl now living in Albuquerque.)
@@lollygee172 Yes, I'm doing a timeline collapse now which means I need to pull into the present. All of the talking head narration is recent as I narrate the journey to where I am now... There is still a lag for all kinds of reasons, clearance, technical difficulties, doing everything myself, yada yada but next week it gets closer and will continue to do so until I get with just a few weeks lag. My social channels are more current as they are easier to put out, if you want to follow there!
Love all the driving get to see the scenery of the town and country.
I am thrilled for you!! I have been watching Chateau Diaries from the beginning! I will be looking forward to seeing the chateau that you make your home! I love your dancing!! All the best from Memphis, TN, USA!!!!!!
Awe thank you so much MEMPHIS TN! Yes CD is ground zero and SJ is the Queen Chatelaine! LOL.... hold tight, next week THE ONE will be revealed! Eeek!
@@GoGoChateau WOW!! Exciting!!!!!!!
I love your style and the dancing!! I have also been following the CD since 2020. I subscribed so I don’t miss your next adventure.
Merci beaucoup! I appreciate the support so much! BTW my middle name is Charlene (just one letter difference)...
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I wish you only the best. good luck and God speed, but keep in mind. She had Nick and Michael and Mummy and Daddy to get this off the ground, and now Philip. Hope you have a crew that can help you, guide you, and guard you. blessings.
Thanks for looking out! You are totally right, it's super hard to do alone. I do have some great friends and fellow chateaux lovers who are already coming to my rescue! Stay tuned to meet them all!
New subscriber!! I’m on board to watch your journey.
Thanks a million! It's so helpful to know people are cheering me on!
This must have been filmed a long time ago! What year was it?
Pre the courtyard changes.
I have really enjoyed this video. I love your vibe and energy! But wow, Dan has been gone from the Chateau for 2 years. How long ago was this shot? I am looking forward to seeing your adventures.
Thank you, yes indeed. This has been a 3 year journey for me and I am slowly going in chronological order of how I experienced it. If you are interested, towards the end I explain collapsing the timeline. Or want to go back to earlier episodes it might make more sense. All of the talking head narration is current. I doubt I will ever be the kind of storyteller that is posting as it happens. However my socials are more current as they are easier and faster to put out than a 20-25 min episode with thousands of edits, dozens of music cues, animation and vfx.
I just discovered you, less driving but love your sense of humor and all your sunglasses.
thank you and copy that!
Chateau lover like u- love la lande and Stephanie - goals! Wa t my. Own chateau ❤🎉
If I can do it, you can do it!
Long time LaLande Lover looking to see through your eyes.
Yay! There are so many of us! She has created a beautiful community!
Such a fun jounrey with you as you find your way to finally , Chateau de La Laland! I have been watching the vlogs and a patron of Chateau de LaLand, and have been for quite a long time! Have Loved meeting so many people along the way( well feel like I know them all well now.) LOL .
Hope you do well and have found a Chateu already that is right for you, and things are going well for you as you move heaven and earth to get it all set up and livable and very charming.Maybe a bed and breakfast also!? . It would be great for you to learn more and naviagate your wayto meet up with Sephanie as she does make such good friends with all who do have Chateaus, and are friends with her, and so hope you become one of them, also! Not easy am sure , as it is a lifelong adventure. But you wil take many along!
Look forward to joining you as you move with your dreams of also becoming a Chateau owner! You should stop and see Dan at his Chateau, and he really has been working hard and his Chateau does have a grand history as well! He is moving along well with some help from friends. It will be stunning when finished am sure!
Realize this did not just happen when you visited, but am sure you will be visiting again and one day we will see you there with all the Lalanders! Stephanie and Philip are great people and am sure you had such great time with her. She is an actress as well ,and has taken the training and knows her stuff very well, you might say! Such an oprah singer!
You can take in'' Work a Ways'', (People between jobs, and you can 'advertise', and they will work for living and food at first) it helps you and also them at this point.. and if they volunteer to have food and a place to live at first it will give you help to get started! . But being ''very careful '' of their background ,of course. Some hve been able to have college students who are taining in certain fields of carpentry or gardening etc and they come at times off from school , to work at a Chateau to help get it started. Not sure just how it works , if for training or pay too , but maybe to live and eat also , and training, as well?
After a while they well may become paid staff living there as well, and being paid or still working as volunteers? They may become a dear part of your family, helping out as you have people stay at your Bed and Breakfast, if this is what you wanted? ! They will help you with your work and with the fun you will have at the Chaeau you choose!
Stephanie even found the man of her dreams! The wedding will be a very spectacular day, just like when Isabel *Mummy* and Percy married. She was taken to the Chapel in a horse drawn wagon! ( The fabulously renovated Chapel, a whole discussion of its own!) It is like home to me, but here I am in NYS, far from France! 😪 But being able to watch and feel part of it all takes me into their world, and this is one thing that means so very much to me! Thousands like me! 🤩❣🧚♀💃🐑 🦌 Guess we certainly can learn little bit by watching others! Do know it takes work , of course .
Do hope you enjoy this whole time of the Journey of looking for the Chateau of your dreams ( think it needs to talk to you in order to know " this is the one!?" Look forward to you finding your way into this new life, in France!
Awe thank you Carol for the thoughtful response! You certainly know the Chateau-verse! It really is a special place. Fear not, I am aware of all of the challenges and am certain that I will draw lovely people to me for assistance. 'If you build it they will come !" I totally believe in magic!
Yeh. Limoges, not a fan either. And my family still live there and has been for centuries. But if you are in the market for any type of porcelain, new or second hand, that's the place to go.
Wow you have serious roots there! Yes understood it is the epicenter for porcelain which is why I was so excited to go... Places have energy and we all respond differently to them based on our own vibe. It's fascinating to me!
Great editing and you're a real character 😂. I feel ya. Been obsessed with French château's and with Laland too. Stephanie makes everyone she encounters feel seen and valued. I'm trying to figure out how to relocate to France.
Best wishes on your adventure. Looking forward to seeing your videos.
Merci Mama! My background is in film production so it's a little hard for me to just do straight cuts but also takes a boatload of time - so I probably need to be less precious about it. LOL. Yes to loving Stephanie. She really is the sweetest human - in person exactly as she is on camera. In regards to relocating, you can absolutely do it! There are so many possibilities and if that's your desire you will make it happen for sure!
Enjoying the lovely French scenery and your quest for a chateau! Watching from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada!
Yay! Thanks so much and nice to meet you . It's so cool how people from all over the world gravitate to a type of content. It's fascinating!
Love the road footage. I’m in Atlanta currently looking to do what you are doing. I’d love to buy a chateau and like you said follow the template of Stephanie at La Lande. Do you have any tips you can share? I’m looking to go the creative finance route in the process.
Oh cool! Another Atlantan! Thanks for following along and the support. Not sure what you mean by creative finance but I decided to engage a buyers rep after doing it solo for the first couple of years. Although it adds a bit in fees, I couldn't have done it without him. You'll meet him in the next episode!
What a lot of fun you are! On a very low day your joie de vivre lifted me right up, now I wanna come be one of those useful moths hovering around your cool chatelaine flame 😄
@@LarsOfMars. Awww that is the nicest thing ever! I am so humbled that the content lifted your spirits on a down day! That is the highest compliment. I’m gonna need an army of moths soon! 🦋
@@GoGoChateau I'm already rooting for ya, thanks for sharing your journey, and well done being so cool 😏 Speaking of which it is freeeezing here in Scotland, I'm going to cocoon myself in wool until the next instalment 🦋
@@LarsOfMars.I feel ya! It's pretty cold here in NW France today too!
@@GoGoChateau *passes a few feet of inordinately long knitted scarf
@@LarsOfMars. 🤣
Wow what a great video. Just subscribed-from Atlanta too!!
Atlanta in the HOUSE! Whoop whoop! Thanks so much!
This must be quite old as Dans long gone and the trees around the fountain aren't in.
Yes, this was my first visit to Lalande. This is a narrative retelling of my journey to becoming a chatelaine.
@GoGoChateau Great, I can't wait to see the rest of the series and where you are now!
I love the driving content because I was just there in France in September driving around and thoroughly enjoyed the experience. I plan on moving at retirement to Southern France at retirement from Victoria BC Canada. Sooo looking forward to it !! I can’t wait to see more of your content and I saw at the end of the video you held up a set of keys!!! Can’t wait to see your chateau🎉🎉
@angela-k4q I know right? I never get sick of the scenery here! Excited for you to live your dream in Southern France basking in the Sun! Do you follow Adrian Leeds? She's the Queen of Real Estate in Nice. Not sure where you're thinking but she has a ton of great info! & oui there are keys! 😜
I should have been more specific. I’m moving to the area around Pezenas. So Southwest Mediterranean towards the inland.
@@Angela-k4q Awesome! OK googling now!
@@Angela-k4q looks lovely, how did you decide on this village?
Hi new subscriber, first time visiting your channel. 100% a fan of Stephanie and long time viewer. I was watching you thinking, wow, she is a really good filmmaker, and well, then you said you were a director. I am looking forward to following your dream. Love the French countryside,
Yay! Merci beaucoup! The CD community is filled with really kind, lovely people. I appreciate the support! xo
hey sista, just saying hello. love your adventurous spirit…. excited to follow along. i too have been following stephanie since the beginning of her channel and have found great inspiration in what she has created. she has been a light. i’m quickly approaching my 50’s and see myself splitting my time between the states and rural france as time moves forward. sending good juju your way. blessings-scott
@@feelgoodgoeasy Hello Kindred Spirit! It’s quite a tribe she has created and rightly so, she’s lovely in every way! Love the 50/50 plan for you and totally doable! Everything is possible when we hold the vision! Thanks for the support. I really appreciate it!
Just came across your video and you shocked me when you mentioned I-5 and Hiway 99!! I thought "this lady is from California!" I live in Central California. I love watching Christine and everyone that comes through to help and visit. Not being as extroverted as she is I would have a diffucult time with people in my "castle" but enjoy the commarderie that has developed there!! Interested to see where your story takes you!!
@@lyndaplancarte4895 Yes!!!! I was born in Stockton and went to High School in Lodi! Went to Long Beach State to college and did that 1-5 /99 hustle for years!
@@GoGoChateauI grew up near Escalon so Modesto and Stockton were my nearest "big" towns!! Now live in the country outside of Ripon right off of Hiway 120.
@@lyndaplancarte4895 Such a 'small' big world!
I love a little crazy, I am in Australia in a town called Hervey Bay. I follow the Chateau channels because it is so far removed from our life here, I love architecture can appreciate the french style although so not mine, and I get to explore from afar, it is such a long way for us to travel to Europe. And it was great escapism during covid.
Some of my favorite people are Australians! We have a lot of similarities I think. I understand about the distance, my friend Kerry was just here from Melbourne (I met at Lalande) she has done the trip several times and it's killer. She breaks it up but still brutal!
I have followed Stephanie since she began. I live in Barcelona, came here from USA:..Argentina….born in USA, North American, prefer living in Europe. Got a kick from your video,, as I was born in Pasadena, know the HollyGollyWood life quite well.
No way! I lived in Eagle Rock for 10 years before moving to Atlanta, God I miss the Rose Bowl Flea Market! - in 2016 I had to get out of LA - then had to get out of GA. I think I'm going to prefer Europe also. I had better as this is kinda the last hurrah!
Hello from New Zealand . I love Chateaus and Antiques and do watch The Chateau diaries and lots of other Chateau Channels too . Have been to France but one day i will go .
Wow that's so cool! I've had several people from NZ reach out- it's really still so fascinating how people find each other! If it's your dream to come to France you'll make it happen!
Hello from the East Coast of Canada. Hoping your dream comes true and I can come visit / assist at YOUR chateau soon !
@@BeachClubNovaScotia Merci beaucoup!
I love your format!! Congrats as it looks like you took the plunge!! Exciting!
Thank you Blake! Oui Oui Oui!
Can't wait to see more of your adventure. [Looks like you went a couple of years ago, based on the plantings in the courtyard of LaLande.]
I, too, live in Atlanta and discovered all the chateaulains through the DIY show [that Peacock had maddening not updated] and went to RUclips.
Personally, I love all the footage of the beautiful countryside. At the moment, I am recovering from surgery, so I will be keeping an eye out for more episodes!
@@AtlantaGarden Merci beaucoup beaucoup! Yes I’ve been a couple of times. I have shot the whole adventure and now I’m piecing the story together…
Cyd in USA. I noticed that as well. Especially the shots of the courtyard that is much grander now :-) Loved the shows from France. They really got me through Covid epidemic.
Ditto & agreed! Opened up a whole new world!!!
Love you! You are what France needs!
Wow that's a huge compliment and I'll take it!!! Woo Hoo!
Good luck with your adventure! Should be fun.
Merci! It's been a roller coaster for sure!
Love it!!! Watching as an American who loves everything about France!
@@rebekahdonelan456 Woo Hoo! It’s about to get REAL!
Oh Yeah BABY! The chateau cultverse is coming too. Congratulations, collapse that timeline.
HAHAHA! Chateau cultverse - that is brilliant! Oh yeah!!!
Great journey! Love the driving tips I am always a nervous driver in France with the trucks 😊
Omg right?!!! where I am now is super rural and the trucks fly by with mere inches to spare. I hold my breath every single time!
Your vlog has been on my brain in the last week and I was wondering when I might be privileged to see another one of your videos. So excited to see you pop up in my feed and catch up on what you have been up to. You most definitely have one of the most creative approaches to a chateau vlog that I have seen. Just planning on living vicariously through you until I can step foot in France. My hope is to convince my family to move there in the next couple of years. Did you give us a hint that you bought yourself a chateau by waving those keys at us???? You sure do know how to create suspense. Glad you have a bunch of videos coming up. Just PLEASE don't take 2 months before you post the next one. A bientot.
@@LucyAuburn Thank you so much! I appreciate the encouragement !
Trucks are banned off the roads on Sundays in France. Roads are maintained by the commune (village or town) that you drive through. National motorways are maintained by the National or privately owned companies and N roads in between by the Prefecture of the Departments. Thanks for the vlog; new to the channel (I live in France and have stayed at Lalande) and like your style!
@@florentinalily Awesome! Thanks for the road maintenance clarity! That’s what is great about this community people share their knowledge!
Love the driving. Loving the videos, keep them coming😊
@@katrinalryan Thank you soooo much!!
I’m from Atlanta too and I love Chateau Diaries ❤ lucky you ❤
Yay! I'm headed back on Monday and my first stop is gong to be Superica as there is ZERO mexican food here in NW France LOL
Love it! I’ll be along for the ride!
WooHoo! Thanks for the support!
Another Patron of CD here. I’m from Melbourne and love the Chateauverse too. Will definitely be following along. It’s on my bucket list to get there. Would love to invest with others and live in Chateauland. Ive subscribed xx
@@wendylinsen3900 Yay, thanks Wendy! You need to meet my friend Kerry who I met at Lalande and she lives in Melbourne too! She was here a few weeks ago… Kindred spirits unite!
I'm looking forward on following your journey!!
@@T.Account.356 Yay!!! I appreciate the support!
Excited to continue following all your adventures!
Thank you so much!
New subscriber here. Ive been watching Chateau Diaries as well since Covid and caught up on the earliest ones once I started watching so I've seen every one.. I pop in on other chateau vlogs but that is the only one I watch religiously and was a patron as well. I started watching from my home in California but have since moved to Ohrid, North Macedonia. I like the driving parts as well.
Thanks so much Steven! I feel the same way, my loyalty is to CD as well and was a Dauphine Patron for years. I am googling Macedonia now! Sounds exotic!
End with a cliffhanger!! Brilliant! Can’t wait!❣️🦃
Wink wink! Yay!!! It's pretty bonkers!
What a fantastic trip! The roads are beautiful there! 🥂
Tis true - more cows than people in my hood! LOL
Too funny ,, great videos and approach. 😊but apparently there are apparently sooooo many abandoned Explorers it's a big problem
Thank you and yikes! Yes I saw that on the Life or Ryan's channel this week. I got cameras up right away!
I watch all the Cheatue shows all since beginning of all of them.
You're a serious fan !- I'm finding it way harder to keep up with them now. I remember hearing Stephanie say you either watch Chateau episodes or make them & now I know what she meant! It's a full time job, even at the beginning!
OMG! I almost laughed my butt off when you told us you were being escorted out of the village by the Mairie...😂😂 I would have loved to seen that on camera 😂 That could so much have been me. Many years ago a couple of friends and I had sneaked into an abandoned castle. We just wanted to look. Not damage anything. And all of a sudden we were busted by the owner and thrown out of the castle. It was so embarrassing 🫣😂😂 I defintetly understand what drives you! 😉❤
@@irenes.vestergaard357 😂😂😂🫣Busted!!! So much crazy stuff happens to me when I’m not rolling the camera. I need constant surveillance!
Thanks for your Video! I just subscribed so I can follow along your journey. I've followed Stephanie since she started and it's really been fun. You are so right when you talked about how after watching her vlogs, I feel like I know her and some of the others at the Chateau! But, we are complete strangers. Weird! Anyway, have fun and I look forward to your next one! FYI, I live in MA .ps you are very brave!!!
I met Morgan at LaLand in 2021. She is awesome! And yes even stranger to meet RUclipsrs in person, but LaLanders are genuinely just as charming as they appear in vlogs.
Yay! Thank you so much for subscribing and for sharing your similar feelings! Stay warm up there in MA!
@@CharlotteStobierski totally true Boo!
I’m excited for your adventure! Bev in Colorado
@@beverlymurray6554 Hi Bev! Thanks so much!!!! Yay!!!
I want to travel with you. We would totally be besties and I love France 🇫🇷
I love this! Vive la France!
just realised that you must have been at lalande quite a long time ago.. going by Dan's van, that doesn't exist any more... I follow him restoring his chateau on Escape to Rural France. Its quite a show!
@@florentinalily Yep- This is a linear retelling of my journey to be a Chatelaine! It will be current day in a few episodes.
Love your style 😍 subscribing!🎉
@aminawurtz
AWESOOOOOMMMMMMEEEE! Thanks so much for the support!
Fun video, new sub here! I’m an American with a background in film & TV as well. Lifelong francophile and chateau lover, now splitting my time between France and Eastern Europe while working as an astrocartographer. Now I’m curious to look at your birth chart to see where in France might be the perfect place to find your own chateau! If you’re at all interested in astrology, def look up your astrocartography lines/aspects/parans - might be a great roadmap for your hunt!
Hey Kim! That’s so cool! Kindred Spirits to be sure! Would love to hear about your previous life and the current one. Where in Eastern Europe? I had an astrocartography reading about 5 months ago & the best place for me was Brasov Romania 😅… I still wanted to be in France so I will go to Romania when I need to kick my career into overdrive! LOL! She just messaged me today to go to Bordeaux in August near my wealth line. I’m gonna do all of it!!!
I am in NW France now (next episode explains why) 😜
@@GoGoChateau I'm all the way over in the stunningly lovely nation of Georgia (on a North Node line) at the moment, and next week I'll be back in France (at my Jupiter / Venus crossing). Oh gosh, I hope your astrocartographer looked at more than just your planet angle lines. I often have people with certain geographic constraints and there is a lot more nuanced info to be explored. If you're still around when I get to France, let's grab a coffee and I'd be happy to look at your map/chart. On me, you've piqued my curiosity! And we can also discuss previous set life -- don't miss it, but would certainly do it again -- no regrets 🤓
Love it! Yes let’s connect. DM me on Instagram ? GoGo.Chateau or Mor_is_Mor 🙏🏻
That was a long time ago. Dan doesn’t live nor work there anymore. His van is in the scrap yard behind the chapel. When did you go there?
I am a devoted Lalander - Stephanie is lovely!
@@John-i4d5f Ditto & agreed!!!
Technically speaking lol, I would say the mothership is actually the Strawbridges - they had the first show Escape to the Chateau. Chateau DIY was a spinoff of that.
Yes that's true, but Lalande is the Mothership for me as Stephanie is the one I most relate to for my own journey.
I would prefer less of the driving in the video. It actually made me feel car sick at times.
@@southloupriverhomestead4696 Copy that!
I love seeing the sites & cities with the architecture. It was fun because I could never travel to see these sites. Thanks luv
@@GoGoChateauI loved the driving and seeing the beautiful areas!!!
@@Tracy_R Merci Tracy! Yes that's what is so amazing about RUclips you can really drop in to anyones life, learn something new and feel as if you've gone with them because you have!
@@Lilly-iy3ob Ok cool thank you, I'm keeping a tally of driving vs not so much driving! LOL
Stephanie is the quintessential chatelaine. From what I've seen, she is kind, generous and helpful and I've never heard her speak badly of anyone. All fine qualities to have in what can be a cesspool of RUclips channels.
Good luck in your chateau search - but are you sure France is for you?
@@Sparrowdean Agreed! She’s exactly as she presents herself to be. Kind, funny, smart, and big hearted. She deserves all of the good fortune bestowed upon her! Big fan! And to answer your question, if France isn’t for me it’s too late now… 😂😜 Next weeks episode will begin to reveal my current reality!
Dan's van is still there? He must have forgotten about it.
LOL no this is from my first visit. I'm doing a chronological narration of my journey to chatelaine!
we're doing it!
Enjoyed! Thanks for the entertainment! When I sent my memoir "Destiny Deems" to Chateau de Lalande Stephanie read the first page: STYLE ICONS - AN AUTUMNAL AFTERNOON TEA, @16:29+
I remember that!!!
Loving the episodes! Can't wait for the next one! 🤩🤩
@@kerrygalea8365 Thanks Sister! Fingers crossed next week .... LOL Turtle is picking up speed!
Love following!!
@@vickifowlkes6831 Merci beaucoup!!!
Your music is so much louder than your voice. Couldn’t hear for sure half of what you said.
Ok thanks for the feedback. Getting audio mix levels right is a steep learning curve. Depends on many factors.
It could also be your settings because I didn't have any trouble. 🤷
Cant hear you from the music.
ya, still working out the audio levels
Too much driving…..
Problem im having around 2mins in is music over your speech
@@GenaF Thanks for the feedback. There are a lot of music cues in my episodes and sometimes the levels get shifted during export and import so it happens from time to time.
Less driving please.
Love all the driving get to see the scenery of the town and country.
Thank you, so far more people like it than not… 😅