Le Domaine de La Millasserie

Alain is from Bordeaux, France and Byrne from the US.  In the US Alain owned  Alain Pioton Antiques in the City of Hudson, opening it in  1985 and closing it in 2008 when he returned ot France. During those years Alain  and Byrne imported antiques from all regions of France to Hudson.  In the US  Byrne was Professor of English  at the City College of the City University of New York where he taught one of the first courses in Gay Studies in the US.  He has written several books in the field. Byrne and Alain owned two B and B's in the US, Black Swan Hall in  Chatham, NY and later The Hudson Guest House in Hudson. When they decided to relocate permanently to France opening a B and B was the obvious decision and in 2005 they added the B and B wing to the original ancient manor house and opened in 2008.