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As a child already, Anna was dreaming of running a guest house.
This inspiration came from her grandmother, whose husband, the steward of a vast farm, was a horse breeder and a member of the National Council, had little time to explore the world with his wife.
Her grandmother decided to invite the world into her home, and set up a guest house on the grounds of the Klostergut Paradies convent in the canton of Schaffhausen.
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Visitors came from all over the world, enriching his world.
Among them was an illustrious guest: Winston Churchill. So, in 2007, when Anna and Francis bought an apartment at No. 7 Rue St-Laurent and saw the old "Croix Fédérale" upstairs bistro in a state of disrepair beneath their windows, they decided to make Anna's dream come true: to create a bed & breakfast following in her grandmother's footsteps.
Francis was able to put his architectural talents to good use and oversee the project from start to finish.
Anna, for her part, played a major role in the choice of materials and furnishings.​
Why " Le Coq Chantant " ?
Before and during World War II, Francis' grandparents ran "L'Auberge du Coq Chantant" in Frévent, Pas-de-Calais, France.
Unfortunately at the end of the World War in 1945, the hostel was partially destroyed by a bomb from the americans and was never rebuilt again.
Almost 70 years later, as Anna and Francis prepare to open their Bed & Breakfast in St-Livres, Francis tells the story of his grandparents' Hostel to Anna. They then decide to abandon the name they had chosen before and gave the name " Le Coq Chantant Bed and Breakfast" to their project.
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Le Coq Chantant was inaugurated in August 2012 then became Le Coq Chantant Résidences in November 2023.
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