Caux Palace brief history...

Caux Palace in the early 1900s was a resort for princes and kings and literati like Rudyard Kipling and F. Scott Fitzgerald. The latter in fact sets a scene in his novel Tender is the Night at Caux; (I want to say from 12th grade English that this was Fitzgerald's last and least lauded novel?) It's some passage about the strange echo in the main hall (there really is a strange echo in the main hall!!!) and some illicit kiss on the promenade? Here's a picture of the Great Hall:Anyway---today Caux Palace is owned by a group that used to be called Moral Rearmament and is now called Initiatives for Change. It still has all the trappings of its Belle Epoque past...lots of furniture is original...and every now and then, I'll pick up a tea cup or a fork and be amazed by its quality. But the funny thing is that---it's now totally not this playground for the rich anymore...it desires to be a second home for people from all over the world, and thus the culture is this interesting international melange. English is the main language....slow and simplified English, and we all are expected to work on different jobs to upkeep the house. My job started today...I help out with wash-up after meals...which was quite fun today.