“It’s funny, Joseph and our daughter would tease me, because anytime we were planning a vacation, I always wanted to come to France,” Ellen admits. (Ellen and Joseph A. via CNN)Ellen and her husband Joseph came across a rundown home in the historic village of Lonlay l’Abbaye in Normandy and purchased it unseen. Ellen came across a tiny rundown home in the historic village of Lonlay l’Abbaye in Normandy, northern France, while browsing French real estate online, back in 2014. Now settled in France, they continue to flit back and forth between Paris and Lonlay l’Abbaye, stressing that they wouldn’t have it any other way. “It’s kind of like a French Brigadoon,” Joseph says of Lonlay l’Abbaye.

Source: CNN December 08, 2023 16:55 UTC