Hotel Du Commerce Le Mans
19 Place de la Republique, Ecommoy Le Mans, Pays de la Loire, France
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Homes, sweet, gigantic, homes...aka chateaux
... killed the feel of the chateau. We had ice cream for lunch which I'm ok with! 2 boules, chocolat blanc et caramel fleur de sel aka white chocolate and salted caramel. Salted caramel is super popular here so I just had to try it...in ice cream form. The size of this chateau was the draw to it but I much preferred the "smaller" Chateau Chenonceau. I've seen posters of the Chateau Chenonceau in a ton of books, on posters, etc., and Like the ...
From Motor Racing to Chateux
... t see each other going up or down and our paths did not cross.
We then travelled down to where we were staying at Azay Le Rideau, passing through some lovely places with churches and chateaus hugging the Loire River, such as Bois and Amboise. Azay Le Rideau has an interesting little chateau as well, but we were too late to go in - we enjoyed a walk around the town and over the bridge where the beautiful colourful ...
Castle hunting
... some ok dinner...most folks did not speak english so had some awkward moments. in the morning we went to the Chambord castle...so many to choose from and very little time so we picked it as it was huge and closeby. interesting...with giant rooms and halls...and acres of land. louis XV or thereabouts...a big hunter dude.
we drove back to Paris and took a train into town...
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Une Journee Royale..
... e algodão... para mim era Estanho... sera que estou errado???). Mas pelo menos acabou o mal entendido....
Almoco simples, mas a francesa, ou seja, mil pratos..... brincadeira..... de entrada comemos terrine de carne e terrine de salmão (comemos..... eu comi.... a Deia experimentou....).... prato principal o famoso Coq au Vin..... uma delicia... inclusive a Deia pediu para repetir... (brincadeira)..... NA sequencia uma assiete de fromages.... ...
Angers, Saumur, Chinon, Azay, Amboise e Blois, ufa
... construído inicialmente no sec. IX pelo conde de Anjou.... muito imponente e em seu fosso há lindos jardins cheios de flores.... muito bonito. Mas não entramos pois não queríamos perder tempo, estávamos apenas de passagem. O roteiro previa irmos direto para Azay-le-Rideau. Porem resolvemos fazer uma paradinha em Chinon. Chinon e famoso pois foi o local onde Joana d´Arc convenceu o então príncipe Carlos VII a lhe colocar a frente ...


