Granvelle Besançon

... houses a zoo, aquarium, and several museums. <br><br>We just ventured to Lausanne and Montreux on Lake Geneva. HUGE Lake! Chateau de Chillon is the best castle in Switzerland&#8230;so the Swiss say. It is very interesting. As they build it on a mountain of rock right in the lake. Lord Byron , English poet , wrote the Prisoner of Chillon which ...

Finally got to a chateau today, but not the sort I had anticipated. I had been expecting something more grand with lots of fine furnishings, gillt etc.. and while this chateau was grand it was a bit more medieval. It had been an important line of defense in the many wars that have featured in France's history. After the Revolution the revolutionaries ordered it and many chateaux to be destroyed because of what they represented, so this magnificent ...

... from invaders. We expected history about how it was built and the different parts and maybe some rooms furnished like they would have been in the 1600s. We didn't see any rooms furnished like they would have been, but we did get information about the citadel and how it was built and used. But that was mainly just from the audio tour and was only a little bit of what we saw. First off, we spent quite a bit of time in the World War II museum. I ...

... shrug. The other side does avoid major roads and is a vast improvement. To cap the slowness issue I'm then caught by the swiss girl who also stayed at Grein. She made the same choices re the side to ride on; as she put it "you never go back". As our riding paces are fairly compatible and we deal with path issues amicably its nice to have someone to ride with. Also my pace picks up a bit and riding into the wind is a bit easier when ...

... as I'm in a major town and its possible but its replacement looks less warm and cost almost three times as much. After that I went for a ride round the city's riversides which were full of people sunbathing. Also on one island people were having barbecues etc and it had a very nice relaxed feeling. So I got off and hung out for a bit. Then back to the supermarket for supper then another kip and finally to blog. Quest for wireless didn't happen so no photo's uploaded. The ...

... Overall its quite similar although the beer garden now concentrates on expensive food. The monument is as it was. I also spent £2 on a fab ice cream here reasoning that I needed the sugar and fat. It was lush. Kelheim also had a net cafe but I didn't really have time. &gt;From here to Regensberg was bank holiday city with lots of people out fishing. As we got close to Regensberg the number of cyclists increased to dominate any roads we were routed ...

... lots more about it. And uploaded and sorted out the blog pictures so it fits together. Its a bit tricky remembering which photo's go with which day so they get uploaded to the right place. But thats about it; washings been done. Tomorrows task is to extract the bike and find a supermarket and some sandals. I can't go swimming as the dress code requires a large rubber thing on my head.

... 17th century by a chap named Vauban who the French seem to have a lot of time for, as he built forts all over the place. We ran across a couple more of his in a small town called Saline des Bains. These were also perched on high cliffs on opposite sides of the valley where the town was. In Besancon, we were surprised to see a type of zoo in the moat of the old fort. They had a mixture of Baboons, Okapi, Llama, ostrich and other animals running freely there. Not ...

... for it, but the pepper studded pork sausage and the herb crusted ones were very tasty and the goat cheese stuffed one was very delicious. So I bought some links to take back home and then I went to the stand next door to buy some local cheese. The vendor this time was a young French woman and she really knew her stuff about cheese. I asked her about local cheeses and she gave me several pieces to try. I sadly don't remember the names of the ...

... Besan%C3%A 7on I admit ,I'm too lazy to write it all But if by any chance you will visit Besancon one day I would recommend this sights for a visit Musée des beaux arts( fine art museum) Citadelle,which is situated on the hill above old town it's really worth a visit,three museums are situated there,a zoo ( quite small but OK),aquarium,noctarnium with rodents( mice,rats and similar ...