{"id":1059,"date":"2010-09-12T14:57:52","date_gmt":"2010-09-12T20:57:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lundeby.com\/blog\/?p=1059"},"modified":"2025-09-19T15:41:45","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T21:41:45","slug":"arrival-at-villa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lundeby.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/12\/arrival-at-villa\/","title":{"rendered":"Arrival at villa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4104\/5001225647_11e77e612f.jpg\" alt=\"Domain Saint Ange\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We stop in Draguignan for groceries to make sure we have something to eat at the villa. Major hubbub with French people darting this way and that. They know what to do in a French supermarket, and we do not. We are at the villa by 5:20. The guardian gives us a whirlwind tour. It&#8217;s enormous and spectacular &#8212; nine bathrooms and 82 chairs.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BUT, there is no Internet (bummer) or toilet paper (it&#8217;s always something). The rest of our party arrives. There is a big to-do over bedrooms and furniture-swapping and sheet-finding. We end the day with leisurely wine-drinking on the veranda and are tucked in our beds by 11.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Domainesaintange\/photos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/www.domainesaintange.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Domaine Saint Ange\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HEBChoE7E24?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4132\/5058459816_94281ea8c9.jpg\" alt=\"France 2010 friends\" style=\"width:760px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The &#8220;Usual Suspects&#8221;<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<center><b>Click on any photo below for full screen slideshow.<\/b><p><\/p>\n<p>SWIPE or use spacebar to PLAY\/PAUSE.<\/p><\/center>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\t\t\t\t\t<style>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t.LoadingImg img {\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tmax-width: 95px;\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tmax-height: 95px;\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tbox-shadow:  none;\r\n\t\t\t\t\t}\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\/* style for image thumbnail fixed*\/\r\n\t\t\t\t\t#fagp_5209 .img-thumbnail {\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tpadding: 4px;\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t@media only screen and (min-device-width: 665px) and (max-device-width: 667px) {\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t#fagp_5209 .img-thumbnail {\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t    padding: 4px;\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t\t\t}\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t#fagp_5209 .b-link-fade .b-wrapper,#fagp_5209 .b-link-fade .b-top-line{\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tbackground: rgba(30, 140, 190, 0.5);\r\n\t\t\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t\t\t#fagp_5209 .b-link-flow .b-wrapper,#fagp_5209 .b-link-flow .b-top-line{\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tbackground: rgba(30, 140, 190, 0.5);\r\n\t\t\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t\t\t#fagp_5209 .b-link-stroke .b-top-line{\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tbackground: rgba(30, 140, 190, 0.5);\r\n\t\t\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t\t\t#fagp_5209 .b-link-stroke .b-bottom-line{\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tbackground: rgba(30, 140, 190, 0.5);\r\n\t\t\t\t\t}\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t#fagp_5209 .b-link-box .b-top-line{\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tborder: 16px solid rgba(30, 140, 190, 0.5);\r\n\t\t\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t\t\t#fagp_5209 .b-link-box .b-bottom-line{\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tbackground: rgba(30, 140, 190, 0.5);\r\n\t\t\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t\t\t#fagp_5209 .b-link-stripe .b-line{\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tbackground: rgba(30, 140, 190, 0.5);\r\n\t\t\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t\t\t#fagp_5209 .b-link-apart-horisontal .b-top-line,#fagp_5209 .b-link-apart-horisontal .b-top-line-up{\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tbackground: rgba(30, 140, 190, 0.5);\r\n\t\t\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t\t\t#fagp_5209 .b-link-apart-horisontal .b-bottom-line,#fagp_5209 .b-link-apart-horisontal .b-bottom-line-up{\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tbackground: rgba(30, 140, 190, 0.5);\r\n\t\t\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t\t\t#fagp_5209 .b-link-apart-vertical .b-top-line,#fagp_5209 .b-link-apart-vertical .b-top-line-up{\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tbackground: rgba(30, 140, 190, 0.5);\r\n\t\t\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t\t\t#fagp_5209 .b-link-apart-vertical .b-bottom-line,#fagp_5209 .b-link-apart-vertical .b-bottom-line-up{\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tbackground: rgba(30, 140, 190, 0.5);\r\n\t\t\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t\t\t#fagp_5209 .b-link-diagonal .b-line{\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tbackground: rgba(30, 140, 190, 0.5);\r\n\t\t\t\t\t}\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t#fagp_5209 .hidepics {\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdisplay: none !important;\r\n\t\t\t\t\t}\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t@media (min-width: 992px){\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t#fagp_5209 .col-md-6 {\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\twidth: 49.97% !important;\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t#fagp_5209 .col-md-4 {\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\twidth: 33.30% !important;\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t#fagp_5209 .col-md-3 {\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\twidth: 24.90% !important;\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t#fagp_5209 .col-md-2 {\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\twidth: 16.60% !important;\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t#fagp_5209 .col-md-5 {\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\twidth: 20% !important;\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t#fagp_5209 .col-md-8 {\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\twidth: 12% !important;\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t#fagp_5209 .col-md-10 {\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\twidth: 10% !important;\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t\t\t}\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t#lightbox .lb-outerContainer{\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\twidth: 100%;\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\theight: 100%;\r\n\t\t\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t\t\t.page-id-1059 #elementor-lightbox { display: none !important; 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