On the balmy Caribbean island of Montserrat, Amy, a former British civil servant, and Marc, who was a research scientist in France, met for the first time and fell in love in a tropical paradise. In 2014, they tied the knot. But when it came time to decide where to settle, they eventually chose a place far off the beaten trail—what was to quite literally become their castle.
In southeastern France, in an out-of-the-way wood in the north of Ardèche, lies the Château de Rosières en Vivarais, a fortress that has been inhabited since the Middle Ages, perhaps even earlier. As such, more than a little restoration and upkeep was in order, as Marc and Amy were well aware….