Plötzlich Gutsherrin

"When we first drove up to the somewhat run-down house, my husband wanted to turn around right away. But I immediately fell in love with the house and the park. I had an insanely good feeling about the place, it was like coming home to an oasis of calm." When the children are out of the house, Elisabeth Neufeld-Picciani wants to start all over again and asks herself: What can come now? Where and how do I want to live? What do I want to fill my time with? The old manor house in Volzrade is like a twist of fate. It is run-down, has been neglected and misused for years, and yet it is a place with heart and soul. Piece by piece, Elisabeth and her husband Bruno are renovating the old house. With great attention to detail, an eye for the old treasures, as custodians of a place with its very own history. Her book is about dreams and plans, about setting out and arriving, about the connection between places and life, between past and future - and not least about the meaning in one's own life.Exciting life story full of nostalgia and longingFrom the city to the countryside, living in an old manor house, having one's own café: Elisabeth Neufeld-Picciani encourages people to make dreams come true Equipment: with photos.