Comfort Hotel Saint-Saturnin

... plants were predominantly yellow and orange. The Aromatic Garden had an enormous array of the healthiest herbs I have ever seen and the Vegetable Garden dates to the Middle Ages when the Abbey Monks preferred to lay out their vegetables in geometric shapes. Villandry was completed in 1536, the last of the great chateaux to be built on the banks of the Loire during the Renaissance period.

Also on the Thursday afternoon, we visited the Chateau D'Usse (C15-16 ...

Thank God for the GPS and the Audi s4!! This place is really nice... our room is austrian themed. We arrived and checked the place out, we had dinner at the hotel restaurant...the menu was in French so we had a fun time translating everything....I have un petite phrase book that really helps!! We also went down the road to the cellars (cave in french), and had a wine tasting and bought some wine. Tommorrow we are going to see some Chateaux!!!

Distance covered: 38.6 miles

So we cycled a mission and met up with Olly. He was all like "but i tried to find you guys". Thats nice, but we never did find where that slug went from the ceiling. Anyway after hugs and kisses we cycled to a MASSIVE shop and bought MASSIVE food. We then cycled to some woods (full of broken glass and litter) and ...

... to sleep due to spending our time looking for Olly. Looking at the state of us and not sure if our friend even existed the police decided to take us to a drugs rehabilitation centre. Here we were given gone off pancakes and sheets with three different types of stain on them. There was also a slug on the ceiling. . . . . . Olly was spending the night in a hotel. Tempted by sleeping on the floor I braved the matress and fell asleep laughing (like a metal)

The only thing here is giant castles built by French kings. While the people of France were dying of starvation and plage the Kings thought it would be a good Idea to build really big castles. What do you think of when you think of a king, now think of a queen and that is a French king. Feminine, woosie and tiny they were all 3 foot aragent but they built some great castles or should I say “summer houses” ...

Location: Loire Valley
Time: Next time i will tell you
The fun is still going on from last time.
Castle’s, Castle’s and more Castles. So do you get the idea? Hmmmmm yes quite there are lots of castles in the Loire Valley. We stayed there 4 days and didn’t see all of them. You can stay there 4 WEEKS and not see all of them. I liked the castles. Each castle had ...

... We spend the next hour or so walking around and exploring the remains of this old castle. Also, on display is the history and artwork of a French cartoonist. Great work. If I could speak or read French I would definitely buy the stuff. Francois Dermaut is the name. http://lambiek.net/artists/d/dermaut.ht m Before saying goodbye to the Huet's, we all enjoy a nice round of drinks at a local bar. Poor Ella... Vincent offered her an orange drink even though ...

... 100% finished. They purchased the home, but were not able to afford finishing all of the living space. So, they did what they could, and left a portion of it unfinished ... away from guests' eyes of course. Through the children's rooms, through a door ... and you find yourself in a large attic area that will soon be cleaned up and worked on, effectively adding 2 new bedrooms and a toy room. What a great idea! ... We saw a similar deal when we were in Spain. Buy a shell big ...

... the kids and find three people sitting behind the desk with warm smiles on their faces. We trade "Bonjour!"'s and then, my typical "Parlevu Anglais?". The young gal on the left shakes her head no, and looks to the gal next to her, who defers to the man on the right. "I speak a little...", he says. ... Well, turns out that they all speak a little English, and we end up having a great conversation with them. Not only are they helpful in answering our questions about when ...

... blue water of the Mediterranean Sea along the Cote d'Azure Coastline.....we could go on and on...... Instead of rambling out pages of words, we've decided to send you some pics this time in an effort to better describe our fantastic journey so far. For many of the sights we've seen words and pics just don't do justice....but the pics will at least in time jog the memories and fill the journals and albums. To name a few (and certainly not all ...