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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 ...
Chateaux country
We love Tours. Every town has its own feel and Tours is no exception. Yesterday we set off after breakfast and got back in the evening after dark - quite a day!
At least Tours is a sort of grid pattern so we haven't been lost once so far! I reckon we walked at least 5 km for the day; sometimes there is no other way to see what you want to see. It is too daunting to conquer a bus system, especially to reverse it and get back, and mostly impossible to find a taxi or ...
Touring in Tours
... am almost sleeping through to normal morning time. All the previous entries were written in the early hours of the morning when my body was still adjusting! S it is now mid morning in Tours and we have stopped at a bar for a coffee and loo in the old town of Tours. The coffee was a heart kick for me, it was so strong and Peter forgot to say au lait! He's gone to see another church while I get my breath.
Tours is easy to get around. We walked from the station without getting ...
Last Full Day In St Cyran du Jambot
... for Mike and Gillie and Patou from the pub. Having been inspired by Nanny Jones planting herself in our garden so profusely, we thought it would be nice to leave behind something living in France.
Next stop, Paris! Very exciting and as Laura reports today that it was snowing at her station this morning, we could be in for a frosty time but a very warm reunion of the Jones ...
Premiere Chataeau de Loire
... we could hear a lot of excited cheering, so we allowed our ears to lead us beyond the chateau perimeter hedge to the local soccer field where we saw, what appeared to be the local derby match in full flight. Red v Blue with neither team prepared to yield. If only they were playing with jousting sticks at $250 a piece!
As darkness called an end to the day, we arrived home to what has become our familiar little village, where once again we joined ...



