A weekend touring around Tours!

Easter weekend, but oddly enough, Friday was not a holiday but Monday was!

In any case, two other people in the school - a Swiss woman from my class and a Swiss man from another class - rented a car for a couple of days.  We had to speak French - it was the only language the three of us had in common.  I am much funnier and much more intelligent in English... odd that...

Objective : to see the chateaux of the Loire Valley!
First stop (picture only) the chateau of Amboise, and then the town of Blois where we wandered the streets of the old part of the city, and then had lunch in the shadow of the chateau.
Onward to Chambord where we explored the inside of the chateau and the beautiful grounds.
Final stop Cheverny - aren't the names themselves beautiful??
It is thrilling to be driving in the countryside and suddenly a beautiful chateau rises up beside the road...

Day two began in Vilandry which has the most amazing gardens!  Next Azay-le-Rideau which is a lovely little town and a chateau.  The town of Chinon next where we had lunch in the village square - eating duck outside in a square in a french medieval town - la vie est belle!!
Finally the town of Richelieu and then the city of Loches.

It was a wonderful two days - and I didn't have to drive!!