B.W. Grand Hotel Tours

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... meat from the top of the ribs, cooked in a vegetable soup for three days). Everything was very good, but we all got a bit giggly. Laurent had handed out a sheet listing the five different wines, and most of us were taking notes while he spoke (so did I, and I listened to what he said, but I'll be damned if I can remember anything about the wines now). At the end, he surprised us with a quiz! I got all but one question correct. But I couldn't possibly be perfect after ...

... 2/3 shower door. The room has a bit of a tilt to it, and there is a timber beam and pillar combination in one corner. <br><br>After settling in, we walked with Rolinka down to the main square, and then Holly, Yvonne and I walked across the river to get a good view of Chinon Castle. We also stopped in at a grocery store (Shopi) so Holly could get some soap to wash clothes with. Yvonne ended up buying five boxes of KinderSurprise eggs. I must try one. I went ...

... of the French countryside with some English folks (Amanda, her daughter Alexandra, and Amanda's mother-in-law Jan) renovating their house; they earned their room and board by assisting in the renovation, laying tile. When I was hanging out with the two of them in La Cinque Terre, they were raving on and on for a good long while about what amazing people the folks they stayed with are. As it happens, they told ...

... around the pool in the sunshine for a week, until the weather changed and became more autumnal. Helene left us after a fez days, and we stayed on our own in coussay whilst papa, maman and granny went back to Thouars. It's nearly the end now, only one more stage until we come back home!

... br><br>Then it started raining hard. really hard! and we were in the middle of a city. with no where to go and no choice we had to go well over budget and get a hotel. Then we thought, if we are in a hotel then we may aswell be drunk. So we got hammered after meeting some fellow Englishmen in town. We managed to find an off lisence which sold 1 euro a bottle 'Champagne'. Alex shot the cork in the shop ...

 Today we'll drive about an hour west, to the little town of Chinon, with it's medieval fortress, or what's left of it.  We visited the town last time we were here, but this time we plan to actually go into the old fortress, visit the Joan of Arc museum, take pictures, and be typical tourists.<br><br> <br><br><br><br><br>  After lunch we'll drive onto the Chateau Azay le Rideau.<br><br><br>

Hi everyone, Today I'm in Tours, in the Loire valley. It is a great place to spend a couple of days, and the weather here has been spectacular. Tours and the Loire valley must be on a similar latitude to the Okanagan - they have fruit orchards, wine grapes, and beautiful flowers. Tours is a very nice city; I really enjoyed the cathedral here. It may not be as huge or famous as Chartes, but this ...

My alarm sounds at 7am after an interuppted nights sleep I kept waking every hour and would be awake for sometime in between. We quickly get ready, I use the bathroom which is literally in a cupboard, same with the toilet whose door touches your knees. It is a small and quaint appartment but I am continually amazed by the generosity of these two hosts. They share everything they have and go out of their way to help me. Breakfast is ...

... years and is buried there. We checked out his home and his grave etc. We then saw Chenonceau, possibly the coolest chateaux you'll ever see..as it is built over a river, as if it were a bridge itself. We then went to a wine cave, where we were surrounded by thousands and thousands of bottles of wine...we then tried a glass, which was good but not enough! Back at the hotel we were content eating, watching the tour de france, and soaking up the AC!