Château De l’Etoile
The magnificent Château de l’étoile is located in the center of a small French village. After placing our first foot on the terrain we heard dogs from the neighbours barking loudly. We decided to enter the castle anyway, as we drove many kms and daylight is limited during wintertime. The remains of the last owner, Marcel, were still present, we found old papers, written notes, invoices… Apparantly he had a large family seeing the many photo albums. Even his old piano, an old pram, typewriters, armchairs,… where still present. Pity enough the castle suffers a lot from vandalism, plunderings and graffiti. In one of the rooms we heard a strange whispering, maybe Marcel’s ghost was still present to ban foreigners out of his castle. The locals adore their château and want to preserve it, the mayor planned to protect it with camera’s, motion dectors,… but this never happened, so the castle is declining day by day…