Chateau de Chambord

Today, I woke up early and got on a train to the Loire Valley. I visited a couple chateaux that were destroyed during the French Revolution. I visited the Chateau d'Amboise before lunch, and the Chateau de Chambord after lunch. Both chateaux were beautiful!
Both the Chateau d'Amboise and the Chateau de Chambord were destroyed during the French …

Matin du 6 novembre,

Réveil à 5h30 du matin parce que la réception de l'hôtel avait oublier de reculer l'heure sur leur système d'appel (pour réveiller dans la chambre).

On prend notre petit déjeuner à l'hôtel France Eiffel (petits déjeuners qui étaient inclus avec notre chambre gracieuseté de www.booking.com). Normalement, ces …

... Paris, guided by our trusty Tom-Tom that wasn't so trusty at the start since it was accidentally set to walking paths, we nervously arrived in the Valley of the Chateaux.  We picked these to visit over 2 days:  Chambord, Blois and ...

 We took the buses to Chambord today. It is beautiful here.The chateau is huge.   The royal Château de Chambord at Chambord, Loir-et-Cher, France is one of the most recognizable châteaux in the world because of its very distinct ...

... the signs saying watch out for quicksand were a bit of a worry! From there, we drove 5 hours to see the Chateau de Chambord. We had a couple of massive storms during the day (including one hail storm that actually had us pulling over as we ...

... , and the back roads made it easy going; got lost trying to bypass Orleans, but by 9.30pm we'd made it to Château de Chambord.... a fairytale castle that took 30 years to build. Just before it got dark the hunters and foxhounds came out, about 6 riders ...

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One of the many castles in the Loire Valley. This one was constructed based on Leonardo Da Vinci's ...

First castle on our way lies in the middle of forest. It was a place used for hunting by the French kings. It looks like taken from a fairy tale with its turrets. There's the staircase designed by Leonardo da Vinci so that 2 people going up can never ...