Roasting chestnuts from a 1000 year old tree!
2021 ж. 30 Қаз.
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Contrary to many people's romantic idea of living in a château, you both show the simple truth: it isn't. There mountain ranges of maintenance, doing the place up, making hard choices in priorities, constant care for the estate, caring for guests, constant repairs. And still you create family time and keep enjoying the life and having fun. Truly exemplary!
I love the fact that the girls already know three languages at such a young age!
Children's brains are like sponges. I wish I had learned french before I was 5
The image of Anna picking up chestnuts looked like a painting. The lighting, softness and her natural beauty was a light in this evening setting. I have a feeling Phillip, that is how you see her most of the time, despite your teasing.
Yes I do ;)
@@HowToRenovateAChateau you softie. 😂
Enjoying hearing how the children move from one language to another, depending on who they turn to. Well done!
Although I’m a female, I worked in the Steel making business for almost 30 years. Everyday was fireworks for me. When you work around fire and intense heat you should ALWAYS wear clothing made of natural fiber like cotton or wool. Clothing made of nylon or any synthetic material will pit, melt or burn. A nice nylon goose down coat that costs good money can instantly be ruined no matter how careful you think you are. When you’re building campfires I’d suggest a cotton hoodie or a flannel shirt. You can be seriously burned from synthetics. They can burn and stick to your skin. I just thought I’d pass this on. It would be a shame if your children wear the wrong clothing around a campfire. Live your videos.
LOVE not live. 🥴
Good advice about being safe around fires. And good for you for working at your job.
Yes indeed! It is not only instant ruin for the synthetic clothing, but also a danger to you… natural fibers one can repair and they don’t catch like synthetics. I know from experience… and don’t have your sleeping bag anywhere near a fire’s sparking reach… that’s even more expensive and difficult to fix. I hope Phillip and Anna have seen your wise comment.
So lovely to hear Lily speak German with Oma Hildegard! :-) And what a special memory you have created there with the chestnut roasting.
Nice to see the carpenter has a van! Enjoy his banter with you Philip.
There is a wonderful children's book in German: 'Mein Urgrossvater und ich' by James Krüss. It contains stories that the Great grandpa tells his grandson, one is about a thousand year old chestnut tree, maybe Phillip could read it to the girls! There are many other wonderful short stories and poems in that book, really worth the buy! Enjoy your chestnut harvest!
Oh I remember that! I read “Mein Urgroßvater und Ich” to my three children who are now 49, 48 and 38! Thank you for the memory! Ordering it right now for my grand daughter!
Benoit needs to paint flames on the side of his new van
Excellent idea! That way he could look like he was going fast even when going slow.
Oh my God LOL imagine that!!
That's a cracking idea, Anna could paint them.
Suggest you get to know a local landscape artist to paint your surviving chestnut tree and the long buildings prior to restoration. They will never look as do now again. Any other subscribers agree with me??
I do agree 👍
Agree!
and hang them in the Chateau as another marker of the history of the estate and family paintings as well to hang in the estate
Love this! I’m born German, married to a French, and we live in Australia. We’re also raising our kids trilingual and have the same colourful mix of language at home. ☺️
Philip is really skilled in mastering foreign languages. French almost without foreign accent.👍
What a beautiful way to spend the evening with the kids. Congrats to Benoit on getting his drivers license. Bonne chance with the clean up😘
There's nothing quite like family time around a bonfire. Thanks for bringing us along!
every episode with Benoit is a good episode 🤘
I really enjoy this wonderful family and appreciate being able to watch the results of all their labor. Very inspiring!
>NJ
What a beautiful childhood your girls have, regardless of when they get a lighter!
Blessed to have Grandma living with you. Beautiful children and family👍
Wie schön, das Oma Hildegard wieder da ist! And how lovely that the girls grow up tri-lingual it will be so valuable throughout their lives! Our family is also tri-lingual, German, Dutch and English. Since we were in each country for long times and kept up the dialogue we speak each language fully. I also read to them in each language. Knowing all the nuances, analogies, word games is such a wealth on our personal level. My French is a little rusty but comes back every time with the help of champagne 🥂 As does my lesser Italian: pro secco, and Spanish: cava :) I call that “Menu language” = I know the basics greetings, thank you and can read the menus. I hope to be going back to Europe in 2022 and hope to stay with you then.
You all just warmed my heart. In so many ways. I hope the cleanup isn’t too hard.
I could almost hear Nat King Cole singing in the background! Such sweet moments help you get through the tough times. Best wishes to you and all your family.
First was the history, then music, cinematography, appreciation for art and gardens, humor, and a lovely little relatable family that drew me in. Subscribed.
Footage such as this will be cherished by you and your children, especially when you all are are older. My daughter has long grown and flown and I regret that I lost video footage of when she was a toddler. Thank you for sharing some of these moments on your channel.
Another wonderful vlog by my favorite little family. Those girls are just too cute!
Nice getting to hang out with the family. As always, appreciate the banter between Phillip and the other guy.
As normal Philip you made me laugh. Your girls are lovely , you both must be very proud of them .Loved watching you two Merci Beaucoup xx
Glad you enjoyed it
@@HowToRenovateAChateau but of course you brighten up my evening 😊 x
Chestnuts roasting on an open fire... Perfect.
The sky shots were beautiful.
Oh my goodness, I really needed that laugh when Philip asked for a beer and Anna asked what he was doing. "Drinking it." Hollywood writers could not write like this! TO EVERYONE: Remember to watch the ads so they get ad revenue!!!
That child, making a fire ring, ... brilliant. You go girl!
Feel for you and clearing up from the storm. I love chestnuts used to collect chestnuts when I was at school especially on Cross country running days! Philips mum is a beautiful lady and so hard working too
Love the “bromance” going on between Philipp and Benoit.
My Words cant describe how Happy I'm too watch Your Family Enjoying the Garden after the storm! Take care of Your self and the pretty angel ..... All The Way from Dubai city with Love....
Wow the chestnuts are so plentiful. Beautiful moon. The children having so much fun. That’s amazing the tree is still producing. In the 1800s there was a blight that killed most of the natural chestnut trees in our American forests. Glad you all still enjoy yours. All the best.
Family memories. They are the best. Thank you for sharing. 😍
My father said when he was a young man in Madrid in the late ‘40s, he’d buy little bags of roasted chestnuts from street vendors and put them into his pockets to warm his hands. Lovely family video of a lovely family.
Anna your young daughters are so pretty and so respectful and so cute! There little voices are so adorable! Your family is fun to watch doing the fire in forest! I hope that all is well with that stacking and cutting the wood! I enjoy your family it warms the heart with love in the home!
I like watching Phillip watching you clean up the trees.They guys crack me up! Phillip was very impressive on "Beast" alert duty. Chestnut thievery cannot be tolerated. Love seeing the girls with Anna. Sitting by the fire looks like fun. I like Lily's Halloween card!! I've never seen chestnuts roasting before.Thanks for bringing us along for the fun! Love from Vermont
I found you guys thanks to a random BBC news article I read last week. I think over the past week I have watched all of your videos, this is the last one! I love your videos! Anna, you are amazing, I envy your vision and your eye for detail, as much as I envy the great artists of our time. Philipp, you are utterly brilliant. Your humour is very much in tune with where I'm at, u make me laugh every single episode. On the off chance u guys pick this comment up, please know that you are appreciated, even up here in Ayrshire, Scotland. I look forward to seeing how it all continues with the kitchen, gardens, outbuildings....merci beaucoup.
You share a slice of paradise with us. To have edible chestnuts in your jardin- what a treasure! Still greater are the children with innocent natures. Love is displayed in your family, and this is what makes your chateau shine particularly.
What a lovely video! It really touched me when Anna mentioned that people have been eating the chestnuts from the tree for a thousand years! Amazing! Chestnut 🌰
So glad you are both in a better place now. It must have been really scary to wake to that devastation.
Great memories are being made by the girls. Priceless.
Your channel is my FAVORITE "chateau" channel!! Even though I watch several of them. Someday, I would love to come visit from California.
I believe Anna and the girls make the Château even more beautiful! What a beautiful family! And funny too.
This video made me think of when I was a kid trying to cook chestnuts for the first time; I did everything the correct way but forget to score the chestnuts before placing them into the oven. When the first one popped it, I was too late, and a chain effect started like popcorn. It took me hours to clean up the mess before my parents got home, but I still got grounded.
Love Benoît! What an awesome fellow! And very thankful you were all safe and sound from the storm. Good luck with the clean up and take care! Another very amusing and relaxing video! Makes me want to live to Europe myself!
Your daughter is the engineer in the family 😁
When I was a child a grew up just closed to a forest and in Sunday -fall afternoon we used to go and collect chestnuts and finish the weekend by grilling them in the kitchen oven or in the fire place... Such a good tast and memories of fall....
I love the relationship you have with Benoit, it is so lovely to see that camaraderie. :)
Lovely,happy family. Thank you for sharing your chestnut bonfire evening.
Delightful to see your happy family together. Philip, you’re a scream! What a treat to be able to roast your very own chestnuts! Liebe Grüßen.
I grew up outside of Buenos Aires, we had a chestnut tree, this brought me memories of an amazing childhood!
Phillip I love your banter with the carpenter. He is your match.
A campfire is the best..if you want to live in the wild all you need is your back yard…maybe the girls can have an overnighter in a tent ..you all had the best time just being around that little fire.. 🔥 happy days 🔥
Awe..... As you've heard over a thousand times....savor every precious little moment you have with those sweet, adorable, brilliant, funny, and beautiful babies. It may not seem like it now, but in the blink of an eye they'll be off to university. You'll be left with an empty home asking yourself where did all those years go. At the moment your so busy you look forward to crawling into bed each night. Thankfully, the two of you have show us you're mastering a well balanced life. There is time for work and time for the family to enjoy life together. I respect and applaud the need to keep your private lives off camera.. well you try to at least minimizewhat you share with us. But when they say or do something funny or clever it is difficult to not share those amazing moments with anyone will to watch and listen. Sharing the precious time you all had as a family around the "bonfire" with us, was a real treat. Thank you. Your family is so wonderful and special. Bravo you two.. bravo. Seriously such a beautiful family. Cheers!
Thank you for your kind words!
What fun!!! My grandchildren love having bonfires. We usually do large ones twice a year and smaller ones through the winter. We are forever finding limbs that need trimming on our trails and fallen trees in the woods. Memories that I hope will bring joy to them in years to come. Thank you for sharing with us ❤️
The girls have to appear more often on the vlogs, they are so, so CUTE!
So glad you had such a happy moment!! Very beautiful and heart warming!! Thank you for sharing
Benoit Driving.....Excellant.👍 Family gathering around Fire/Roasting Chestnuts brings back fond Memories of my family as We roasted Oysters harvested together.🎃
I so enjoy your weekly videos! Thanks for sharing all the trials and tribulations with us.
Loved this video and enjoyed watching you all roasting the chestnuts. Your girls are so lucky to be speaking three languages.
My Italian dad would roast chestnuts on our kitchen stove in a cast iron pan. He would make an x on it with his small knife and cook them until the x became pealed back to expose the warm center.
Wonderful to hear all is well. Campfires 🔥 are so much fun. We used to have a lot of them and have what we called dinner on a stick. Anything you could get to stay on a stick long enough to cook it was fair game.
We've tried a few things that were total flops but it was fun to try 🤣
What a beautiful family.😊❤️
❤️ Such a beautiful family.
What a fun family adventure! The girls will always remember it! 💕💕
Looks like you'll need to set up oil torches out there while you roast things. Outdoor fire pits are a big deal in the US. Especially in the South.
omg I fell in love with your vlogs and family, everything really looks like a dream😍
Can’t wait for the update.
Philip's mother is a wonderful lady, always helping out at the chateau. The girls are beautiful, smart and so sweet. We used to have bonfires with a brick ring that my daughter made for us in the backyard garden (when she was 10), and we would invite neighbors and family and have a potluck. Simple fun. Precious memories. Can't wait to see what next week brings. Thanks!!
You haven't lost your touch Phillip! Ordering your Mom to return with the big branch so you could get it in focus....sure, like she listened to you! Did you get the discount when you revealed the name on the back of the jacket? It certainly shows your professionalism with the camera...super! Lovely fire enjoying the chestnuts!
I am sure a lot of us wish we could be there to give a hand with the clean up. Xx
What you guys are doing is amazing! Living in city is definitely not for me and have always known at some point I'll move to the kind of place I grew up in. But the amount of work you guys put in, setting a very good example for your kids and bonding as a couple, that's serious family goals.
Maybe you can get Benoit to make some bespoke garden benches/ bird boxes/feeders around the estate with all that wood, maybe sell some to help with restoration. Recycled garden furniture as well as perhaps making cutting boards for the kitchen, doors/window frames and shutters for the out houses if possible… another great vlog👍❤️🇬🇧
Beautiful video...what wonderful memories your little girls are going to have! Thank you for sharing, take really good care, stay safe! Much love Kathy x
Thank you so much for sharing this lovely moment. Sehr gemütlich . Grossartig, dass Eure Töchter auch Deutsch sprechen. Bien à vous
Oh my, was watching your channel and totally forgot about it, and we got covid, my mom, uncle and grandma passed away, and just few days ago my uncle also passed away and today i am glad i found you guys again!
How lovely. We eat them with a touch if salt. Enjoy your week...and to all. x
Absolutely Brilliant. Thank you so much!!!
I love the German thrown in here and there. I'm glad you are teaching it to your children.
The chestnut tree has done so well that you should consider planting a couple all over the property so that you have a spare in case anything untoward happens to the tree.
Vraiment un beau moment en famille. Ça respire le bonheur votre affaire. Et beaucoup le travail aussi. C'est inspirant. You're 2 little ladys are so cute !😊
It is also chestnut time in New York....they used to roast them on little fires on the street corners.....long before Americans put salsa on everything!
They don't sell chestnuts on the street anymore? 😥 Last time I was in NYC during winter was about 1980. I loved the smell of them roasting and filling up your pockets with hot chestnuts as impromptu hand warmers. Hope they're not totally gone ...
Mesdames, vous avez fait un travail phénoménal. You are Brave. I am full of admiration. 🌹✌🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
The fire has to be "darunter" ;-)) I Like the way your mum talks! And your sweet daughters speek such a brilliant german...... Toll! Are you all TRI- lingual??? Amazing!
Deer love chestnuts! Remember, if they’re eating the nuts, they’re not eating your garden.
Yeah, felt sorry for the poor deer. It was enjoying some chestnuts
It's good to see that your girls are learning french, english and german also.
What a beautiful place to live. Blessing! Love to hear the church's bells ringing❤️
Honestly Philip your aerial shots of the Château are magnificent! With the trees, some in bloom.l…fantastique!
Love your use of music in your vids. Actually makes me laugh out loud sometimes. Love you guys. Thanks for sharing your lives with us. In these times, it's a real blessing. God bless!
Thank you for sharing I could almost smell the chestnuts 🌰
Good to see Benoit is driving again...well done. You are making great memories for the girls..for the better or the worse perhaps...memories of their papa telling them about how to cook the first wild boar they have just killed...then oh forget that Lily!!
Making awesome memories for your girls. 👍👍
Yah, it seems as if some of the stress of the fallen trees has dissipated and you able to have a happy family time. Lovely and the chestnuts looked delicious.
Great family vlog lovely to see the girls.
I love rewatching your previous videos…! ✨✨🎉so happy I found your Chanel !😌
Phillip… I didn’t quite know how to take you at first…Is he full of himself does he really think he’s perfection??? No, I think he’s very funny, intelligent and entertaining but the girls have all the talent as you ride their wings.❤ Thank you for those wonderful videos.
This episode was a lovely glimpse of your life. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed it, and the laughs.
Love watching this pretty family enjoying the chestnut fire…..