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La Vrillonnerie Route Nationale 10 Tours, Loire Valley, Centre, 37170, France
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Orleans and Les Chateaux
... We first gathered outside with a crowd of maybe 1000, and awaited the arrival of Jeanne’s entourage up the boulevard. Jeanne (a teenage girl in costume) arrived on a white horse accompanied by dramatic drum corps in medieval costume, pipers and various courtiers and knights in armour. There was then a bit of a ceremony as the 2012 Jeanne d’Arc emerged from the Cathedral and exchanged some stuff with the 2011 Jeanne who had just arrived. We all, that is ...
Chateaux country
... term a Renaissance man, extraordinary people like he and Michelangelo who could straddle so many disciplines with such mastery. As a painter I have my favourie paintings, and it is touching to know Leonardo kept the Mona Lisa with him in all his moves until he died. I have succombed to the environment and have decided I would like to build an arch and make a column before I shake off this metal coil. I'm not sure where I place these in our property in Bittern, but what the ...
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
... a large single garage with an earthen floor. Bats keep Mike's wine company while he is away. Each year when on holidays, Mike takes 30 litre bags, similar to the sacks in our wine casks, and has them filled with his choice of wine for the season. He then bottles them at home and lays them down to be enjoyed at a later date. This feature was apparently the real estate agent's trump ...
A Leisurely Day In St Cyran du Jambot
... we will all be fluent in French and English. We continue to converse via lots of gesturing and if all else fails, reverting to the google translator.
Tomorrow Mike and Gillie have organised to take us to a restaurant in a neighbouring village to try a typically French workman's lunch. The imagination will need to be kept in check at the thought of what that might involve. Bon appetit could take on a whole new ...



