Turone Tours
4 Place Thiers Tours, Loire Valley, Centre, 37000, France
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Orleans and Les Chateaux
... We each had a 25 Euro “Menu”, which means three course dinner, plus a bottle of “Orleans” wine. It was a lovely little place, with very friendly proprietors, and the food was wonderful, as expected in a little French restaurant. I’m afraid you’ll have to wait until Pat writes to get the details, as she is the expert on describing dishes, but needless to say, each course was special, and had complex little additions like pastry ...
Chateaux country
... section with old buildings like we have never seen. Beautiful patterns of thin bricks and inlaid wooden beams, tall narrow houses at strange angles, leadlight and small pane windows and really short doors - they must have been small people! We saw St Martins and St Julien, the latter complete with some sort of ancient wooden press that may have been for grapes.The remains of an ancient clock tower with a present day clockmaker at the bottom and the tower of Charlemagne. ...
Touring in Tours
... I particularly liked an old armoire full of exquisite books, and the varied floor surfaces. There was a huge old tree out the front, a Lebanese Cedar about 300 years old. I was so big that its branches were propped up and I thought about how our grandchildren would enjoy climbing it.
We were on a bit of a theme because we saw a Lebanese restaurant on the way home and had an early and delicious meal so that we didn't have to go out again. This older couple had had enough for the ...
Last Full Day In St Cyran du Jambot
Nobody likes to be on the receiving end of the old saying, "All good things must come to an end." Unfortunately that time has come for us in St Cyran du Jambot. As first time house exchangers, we couldn't have wished for anything better. We have loved living in the midst of an ancient French village. Even the place where we have called home played a part in WWII as all the women ...
Premiere Chataeau de Loire
... and Sunday means, "Let's go shootin' boys!" We lost count of the number of seemingly civilised folk toting a good old double barrelled shotgun over the shoulder for comfort. One lone confused and bedraggled looking spaniel/retriever type hunting dog appeared from the woods wearing a look that suggested he'd had enough and wouldn't mind a ride somewhere nice and warm.
After enjoying another stint at practising our French over a coffee ...



