Ferme d'Yvrelle Le Mans

... Chambord and I paid almost 50 Euro (AUD 100ish) for a salad, glass of wine and tea with lemon... Really, I was paying for the privilege of being able to use Pat's laptop with an uninterrupted view of Chambord!

We visited Chateau de Chenonceau (C16) in the afternoon and were confronted by thousands of tourists, even at 4.30 Luckily by 6pm the crowds were starting to diminish (the Chateau opens until 8pm in Summer), allowing us to better appreciate its ...

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 ...

... 8220;maze”. So he started to scream and ran off towards the maze. Alex and I could have stayed there all day. Alex hid in a hedge and was scaring people as they walked past and Ben and I had a race to se we could get out the fastest. I won as I ran straight through all the hedges and Ben said I cheated so I said “follow me” and took him past Alex and then Alex grabbed him and pulled him into the hedge.

... his. My favourite was the tank! I am sure everyone knows what a tank is, but Leonardo’s was a cone on wheels. AND WE COULD SPIN IT!!!
I thought the Loire Valley was a nice place, especially if you like castles! And I had loads of fun.
*STATIC*
What will happen next time? Where will the next location be? Paris maybe? We don’t know so stick around for all the details!

... Guenola suggested we come here. Perhaps on the way back we will make a stop. For now, we must make our lunch date in Ste. Suzanne. We expect Ste. Suzanne to be another small town, but as we round the corner, we see before us a beautiful city, with well preserved stone walls, and what looks to be the remains of a castle atop a rolling French hill. Its gorgeous. ... We pull in to town and find a grocery store and boulangerrie on the same block. Perfect ...

... to the bakery each day to get fresh bread in the morning, house doors aren't locked when they leave. What a life. And now, on to lunch! We are told proudly by Vincent that Guinola is "the best cooker in France!". And I get a free lesson. She gives me a couple of easy tasks to perform to help her make some of the best home cooked cuisine I've eaten in a long time. Filet Mignon (pork) with onions, mushrooms, bacon type things, with hard cider ... cooked for hours to make a ...

... well buying next to nothing on the trip in terms of keepsakes or tourist stuff. I'm tempted to pick up a trinket or shirt or something ... but with the dollar being so horrible nowadays, we hold our ground. ... Back to the house to rest. I head back to the market to get some dough from the ATM. While at the market the second time, I find a friend of our hosts .. a woman who runs a stand in the travelling market. She sells mostly wooden play toys for kids. I cave in and ...

... so far; The Eiffel Tower, Chateu Chambord, Blois, Chenenao, Ambois, Lyon, Provence-Vaison du Romain & Rousett, Aix en provence, Avignon Amphetheatre, Casis on Cote d'Azure, bar atop a hill in a medieval town, The Lourve, Mona Lisa, Venus de Milo, Roman Ruins. Not all of these are within the pics in this email, but keep an eye out there's more to come. We're having an awesome time, as you can see. Al starting to feel surfing withdrawls, but not long ...

It was a work related visit in the area of Le Mans; basically, I created this entry for one reason - to recommend the Best Western Country Club hotel, located at the eastern outskirts of the city. It was probably the best hotel experience I had in France to date and the food was so good that I kept on remembering it during the ...