{"id":438,"date":"2022-09-01T10:18:01","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T10:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chateau-mondou.com\/?page_id=438"},"modified":"2026-02-14T09:56:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T09:56:57","slug":"blog-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.chateau-mondou.com\/index.php\/blog-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Chateau Mondou Chronicles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">Wij wonen al 15 jaar op het Franse platteland. Vilaine en Chatillon en Bazois in de Bourgogne zijn dorpen waar wij eerder woonden. Vanaf december 2021 dus in Chateau Mondou in Villeneuve sur Lot. <\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Wij zijn niet de enige Nederlanders die op het Franse platteland wonen. Mensen hebben zo hun redenen om naar Frankrijk te verkassen. Rokus schept er genoegen in die <em>Ik-Vertrek-Verhalen<\/em> in een Podcast te vatten. De Liefde en andere levensthema&#8217;s komen natuurlijk ook aan bod.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>De Kantelcast<\/strong>, <strong>de podcast<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/0tUUo8hdnItggFeBIkooSt\">The Alchemy of Loss, a Young Widow&#8217;s Transformation. The story of Abigail Carter, a 9\/11 widow<\/a> (English)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/4CcMKdzoTv0R3Ua2LrodTj\">De Sleur, de Rozengeur, de Maneschijn, het Gemis en de Verlossing<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/app.springcast.fm\/16481\/57-over-daan-berg-je-eigen-huis-bouwen-en-verlatingsangst\">Over Daan Berg, je eigen huis bouwen en verlatingsangst<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/app.springcast.fm\/16481\/59-van-de-hel-naar-de-hemel\">De Liefde overwint altijd<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/app.springcast.fm\/16481\/73-two-americans-living-in-the-french-country-side\">You need to be the authentic you  (English)<br><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Columns<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Ik houd van schrijven. In de late uren achter mijn laptop plaatsnemen, in de schemering van een bureaulampje, een column schrijven op de zolder van Chateau Mondou.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"770\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chateau-mondou.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Scherm\u00adafbeelding-2026-01-27-om-13.35.36-1024x770.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-969\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chateau-mondou.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Scherm\u00adafbeelding-2026-01-27-om-13.35.36-1024x770.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.chateau-mondou.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Scherm\u00adafbeelding-2026-01-27-om-13.35.36-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.chateau-mondou.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Scherm\u00adafbeelding-2026-01-27-om-13.35.36-768x577.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.chateau-mondou.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Scherm\u00adafbeelding-2026-01-27-om-13.35.36-1536x1154.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.chateau-mondou.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Scherm\u00adafbeelding-2026-01-27-om-13.35.36.jpeg 1723w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> Vijfhonderd woorden. Want dat heb ik 18 jaar, elke maand, gedaan voor het Straatjournaal in Haarlem, de daklozenkrant. Zo af en toe gooide ik er een Frankrijk- of vakantiecolumn tussendoor, zoals Martin Bril dat ook gewend was te doen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <em>De Postbank <\/em>schreef ik na een vakantie in ons huis in de Bourgogne, voor cli\u00ebnten in de GGZ. Een week die ik met mijn vriend Harry Gras organiseerde. Die mensen, die waren tientallen jaren niet meer op vakantie geweest. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/www.chateau-mondou.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/De-Postbank.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Insluiting van De-Postbank.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-ceb6c7fb-f658-4f91-9114-706b3a4a096c\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chateau-mondou.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/De-Postbank.pdf\">De-Postbank<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chateau-mondou.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/De-Postbank.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-ceb6c7fb-f658-4f91-9114-706b3a4a096c\">Downloaden<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>The Summer of 69. <\/strong><\/em>Ik was te jong voor Woodstock, maar via mijn 4 jaar oudere broer heb ik er toch het nodige van meegekregen. Ik zou er zelfs nu nog wat voor geven om een jaartje in die tijd te mogen leven. Het inspireerde mij vanaf een ziekbed in ieder geval om er de volgende column over te schrijven. Vanuit ons vakantiehuis in Vilaine, de Bourgogne. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/www.chateau-mondou.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/The-Summer-of-\u201869.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Insluiting van The Summer of \u201869.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-2329359f-7fc7-4289-ae8f-7cb38dcee0a5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chateau-mondou.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/The-Summer-of-\u201869.pdf\">The Summer of \u201869<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chateau-mondou.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/The-Summer-of-\u201869.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-2329359f-7fc7-4289-ae8f-7cb38dcee0a5\">Downloaden<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wij wonen al 15 jaar op het Franse platteland. Vilaine en Chatillon en Bazois in de Bourgogne zijn dorpen waar wij eerder woonden. Vanaf december 2021 dus in Chateau Mondou in Villeneuve sur Lot. Wij zijn niet de enige Nederlanders die op het Franse platteland wonen. 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