We were able to sleep in today...yahooooo...a first quite some time now.
In the previous towns we woke up to bells, yells, and mopeds ripping up the street, and here, it has been pigeons rrrrrrrrrrroooooockooolllling after 0700.
Claude snoozed and woke up to the feeling of being stared at...he rolled over and found a grey little cat with zesty eyes watching him from it's perch next door. We took a picture of the little guy.
We know of a good coffee house in town here and we hit it up before we leave town every day and it's the same order two days in a row now...double coffee in your largest cup...and it's always good (if you ask for milk on the side, they'll even ask you if you want it hot or cold...so you can add milk and not loose out on hot scalding coffee...my favorite).
It's the weekend and everyone is out, buying and selling goods. In town, Claude was seduced by a wee kitten and ended up buying three packs of candy to support a cause unknown to him.
On the road by 1000 and in castle land by noon. We certainly made great time today and we visited 3 castles (ok---2 tours and we had a beer outside the 3rd one).
The castles are wonderful but terribly packed with other tourists, which makes the entire experience tiring and frustrating. Our tactic: Go see the less visited and observe the big gun from afar (Chambord). At Chambord, the place was readying for the patrimoine evening and thousands of people were gathering. It was wonderful to walk the grounds and retreat to a nearby brassery for a beer instead...and to boot...a lovely white cat came to visit!
We had a really good day and we both thoroughly have enjoyed the drive in the countryside to get to our locations. We continue to marvel at the architecture of each of these monstrous homes built and we vow to explore and figure out how these larger than life structures were built (for example, how do you get an oversize statue on a peak?).
Claude and I are leaving Blois tomorrow morning (after coffee) and are heading to Paris. We need to drop off the car and find a hotel room for the night. Claude flies out at 1030 on the 21st and is due to arrive home in Alberta later on in the day.
I continue on and I will see where I land...so here are the pictures of today...Dd
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Hello my beautiful sister...I hope all is well...lots of love...I called Doug in the room to show him pictures of the mini...I said "Hey Doug come and see pis my sister took for you" so he ran in and was happy to see the minis but then he looked at me and said..."you know I expected to see pictures of boobs since your sisters in Europe...I reassured him no such pictures were taken while you've been travelling...It was pretty funny to see him running in...I love you lots...Claude i hope you have asafe trip home...lots of love...Mo
ReplyDelete