The comiXology Chateau

In an earlier post I mentioned that we are staying in a chateau. Now, I wasn’t originally planning on writing about this, because it’s not part of the typical Angoulême experience, but I can’t resist. The way I pitched writing about Angoulême in the first place was to give a first-person perspective of someone’s first experience at the festival, and after spending time in this building, it has definitely become a big part of what I will remember about this trip. 

So… when I first heard about the chateau I thought it was an inter-office joke that I wasn’t in on. To be honest I was expecting a motel in Angoulême that ironically picked up the title, but I was wayyyy wrong. When we first pulled up to where we were staying I was blown away. This is a legitimate 12th-century… well essentially it’s a castle. And its big. Real big.

So big in fact, that this morning I got very lost trying to find the dining room where everyone was eating breakfast. By the time I got there everyone had moved on to getting ready to head back over to the festival. Which was fine with me since, I pretty much got to pretend I was a duke at a feast just for me.

Also this place is definitely 100% haunted. Probably by the spirits of these guys…

And when the spirits of my new animal friends deem it necessary to keep my at the chateau for all eternity, it will be fine because…seriously look at these views: