Anne D Anjou Saumur
32 quai Mayaud Saumur, Pays de la Loire, 49400, France
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Orleans and Les Chateaux
... and condiments to accompany.
Then we walked over to the Cathedral to enjoy the very special birthday party that was being celebrated. Well, OK, it wasn’t just for Pat’s birthday… she had to share the honour with a young teenaged girl with slight psychotic and megalomaniacal traits who was celebrating her 600th birthday on this same day. Her name was Jeanne d’Arc.
The Cathedral was spectacularly lit, inside and out, for ...
In Search of Fine French Wine
... Nanny Jones.
Having experienced the mid-week markets at Loches, we returned for more fresh local produce. Quite a few of the stall holders who have embraced the 21st century have custom made vehicles where the sides open out to reveal chicken ovens or windows filled with an incredible array of fromage. John Cleese must have been inspired by a visit to France for his famous Cheese Skit. We managed to ...
Les chateaux de la Loire
... La visite commence par le grenier ou l'on y voit la charpente du toit, un impressionant systeme de chevrons assembles en tenon et mortaise a grande echelle. Un tres beau chateau, autant de l'interieur que de l'exterieur.
De retour a Tours, ce fut notre derniere soiree avec Gilles, Ingrid et les enfants. Ce fut encore une fois une tres belle soiree devant un bon repas. Merci pour tous!
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Absolutely chateau'd!
... we were ready to take to the road to see more of splendours of the Loire Valley.
We started close to home with Chateau Saumur and then headed out of town to Chateau d'Usse whose flamboyant gothic style is said to have inspired Walt Disney's vision of the Sleeping Beauty castle. Having being assured that the best view was of the outside, we saved the price of admission for our next stop - Chateau Villandry and even then, we eschewed the ...
The Da Vinci Road
... shadow and then headed out of town...
...and into the Loire Valley, famed for it's natural beauty and Chateaus. The first on our hit-list was Chambord, thought by many to be the grandest of all and thought by me to be the namesake of one my favourite liqueurs. It had never occurred to me that the bottle in the shape of a regal orb had anything to do with anything so it was nice to find an explanation even though I'd never sought one. Set in the French equivalent of ...



