Turone Tours

... that the property holds, but it's what gets put in that comes out. And I'm sure that if you know what to look for you can taste hints of that grace and character in the wine that is made there.<br><br> So it's with a heavy heart that I bid farewell to all my friends in France, however briefly we met. There's no way that the times that I've had wont shape the rest of my experiences in my travels, and for that I'm grateful. <br><br>

... that straddles the River Cher and is surrounded by gardens which even though its late October are still stunning. Inside over 3 floors we take in the places beauty - all of the rooms werer specatuarly painted withj deep blues, green and gold finishes, fine tapestries hang down the ceilings, large oil paintings litter the walls, period furniture gives us an insight into the life of its inhabitants over the years. This chateau wowed us!<br>

... Friday 30 Oct<br>Next morning was overcast and nippy which always means a slow start to the day. Went out for a 9km run through the village and I managed to sneak in some hills, much to Kim's dismay but she managed to run all the way. I had thought it was not that hilly until we drove the way we run the following day and Scoooy started to struggle! Caught the end of the local farmers markets and bought ...

... all but too rewarding to stand and watch the last of the pressed grapes being swept from the floor while listening to the last bits of the Opera "Madama Butterfly".<br><br> Although the harvest has come to a close, my time here in France, fortunately, has not. This means over the next week or two I'll be exploring full time. On Wednesday of this week I was able to go out to Chenonceau ...

... I will have for many years to come. I have to say that having this experience at the beginning of this journey has been exactly what someone who is going into the great unknown would want. <br><br> During the last of my time here, we will obviously finish up pressing the rest of the grapes that we are able to get this season, but I'd also like to take as much time as I can to visit some of the historic ...

I took a day trip into Tours, which is the biggest city around here. It's a pretty amazing places, I still have a lot of exploring to do here yet, but I wanted to post some pictures of my first trip that I took into Tour alone.<br><br>Enjoy<br>

... headed for a hypermarche (think super Target or the Walmart superstore). He was relieved to find it still open, but the Pharmacy section was already closed. And in France, every single bit of medicine that they sell, stuff as simple as asprin, goes in the pharmacy. So he was able to get a thermometer (not a drug), but no luck with the alka seltzer. Luckily we carry a small first aid kit, so we had some fever reducer. But funny French rules, you know?

... to us does the same thing. whereas we would say "ok?" to check to see if the people understood, they say "ah?" with a rising intonation. it is pretty noticeable and a cute thing about the French I suppose! France Pictures: 6/19/08 - 6/20/08 http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=5 859&amp;l=3fe5e&amp;id=1022010001 6/20/08 - 6/21/08 http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=5 860&amp;l ...

... and bought food for lunch and dinner we had a bit of a walk around then had lunch. After lunch feeling energetic we decided to go for a walk along the banks of the river which was lovely, the sun was shining and there was not a cloud, although it was bit cold the days top tempeaure was about 3degrees. The rest of the day was a quiet one involving lots of reading and eating. Today we intended to go to the local wine museum alhough it was closed so ...

... two couples (one being the owner of the hostel we had met the previous day) wearing nothing but their birthday suits. The owner sat up, looked at me, and I knew that at that moment, we just needed to get the heck out of there. We put the key on the front desk and decided to forego the pursuit of having our key deposit returned to us as either one of us would have gladly paid 10 times as much to avoid staying there another second. It was indeed a Guy's Paradise for those two ...