Hotel du Mail Angers
8-10 rue des Ursules Angers, Pays de la Loire, 49100, France
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Absolutely chateau'd!
... mountain into the forest around Villandry. I don’t know if she wanted me to see the teddy bears picnic or if she thought there might be a Jolly Green Giant and I’d be the first to be eaten but neither were there, only the best view of the gardens.
In the evening we attempted to get a photo of the castle at Saumur lit up at night but somehow ended up driving around the dark, dried up moat laughing hysterically and scaring the local rabbits. Love to ...
The Da Vinci Road
... places within our budget to make this trip special and memorable for Mum. Consequently, my head has been so full of what's been booked and what remains to be booked that I really couldn't remember where we were staying beyond the address I punched into the GPS. As we drove by another extraordinary chateau picturesquely perched by the Loire, Caron announced that in 2km's we would be reaching our destination. We turned as instructed and then it all came back to me... ah yes, our ...
Castles and Caves...a cracker day!
Salut!
Great day indeed.. before I left NZ I saw on the internet that there were people living in old troglodite caves in the Loire region...so I suggested it to Mike and Norma.......then I felt bad because it was nearly a 2 hour drive...but they are so wonderful that of course they would take us there.
AND...it was so much more than we all expected! WOW! Or in internet speak OMG!
So we chanced an exit of the motorway (for coffee) ...
Four days in the Loire Valley
... cattle everywhere. Loving the boulangeries - fresh bread and croissants (chocolate croissants are yum) every day. We soon realized that we needed to plan ahead and buy boulangerie goodies for lunch before 12.30 - as everything closes for and hour or two over lunch. (went hungry the first day)
OK some of the highlights for us in this area:
Troglodyte Caves: theres a roughly 10m deep layer of solid limestone through the region ...
Cave country
Around the region of Saumur, our most southerly stop, we explore some of the troglodyte (underground) dwellings in the area. With all the chateaux in the region, there were also a lot of sandstone quarries. The local farmers at Louresse-Rochemenier dug out the stone to sell and ended up living in the resulting caves. It was cheap accommodation and easy to expand; have another kid, just dig out another ...



