TechnoVision Masterclass

I've been to France! I got to stay at the lovely Chateau Montvillargene hotel near Chantilly. Here is the view as you approach...

The chateau was commissioned to be built by Baroness Jeanne de Rothschild in 1900. It was occupied by the Germans during the war, became a novitiate and boarding school and then, in 1969, a hotel school. In 1985 it became a hotel proper and got its 4th star in 2003.

The impact of regional and foreign styles on its architecture can be easily noticed through Norman half-timbering, Württemberg roofing and Béarn balcony style

...says the hotel website.

I wasn't just there to enjoy the ambience and cuisine, but to take part in a 2-day "Masterclass" on TechnoVision. I will say no more on that - if you work for Capgemini you should know all about it, and if you don't, I probably shouldn't tell you! Here we are about to start work.

We did get outside in the lovely sunshine a bit - for both lunchtime and evening meals; and mighty fine meals they were too...

...although it wasn't all to everyone's taste - one of my US colleagues put his ear to his rather rare steak to hear if it had stopped mooing.

At the end of our 2 days we had a group photo. See if you can spot me.

Then it was straight back to Charles de Gaulle airport to get back to Shropshire. But what a super place to work for a couple of days.