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  1. Pauline

    Food & Drink NEW! The French Food Decoder App

    Dana Facaros (@Dana) and Michael Pauls have released the French Food Decoder App available for iPhones/iPads and android. Their Italian Food Decoder is excellent and I expect this will be too. I have it downloaded to my iPad and will give it a whirl...
  2. CJoy

    France for 23 days

    This will be my second trip to France and my husband's first. Ive been to Paris and Provence and it was a pretty short trip. We have 23 days for upcoming trip (not counting 2 travel days) and I'm really struggling with the itinerary. My first thought is to spend a week in Paris - perhaps...
  3. Pauline

    Provence A Week in Sablet

    Friday September 23, 2022 Overcast and warm. After 3 weeks in the Swiss alps, we drove 6 hours south to Sablet, a village near Vaison la Romaine. The drive went well and it got warmer as we drove. We arrived at 5:30pm, couldn’t find the house, then found the house but no one was there, then...
  4. Pauline

    Centre-Val de Loire A Short Trip to the Loire Valley, 2010

    This trip report was original posted on my blog. In July 2010 we did a short trip to France – five nights in the Loire Valley followed by four nights in Normandy. We are currently living in England, so flew from Bristol Airport to Paris, picked up a rental car and drove four hours to the Loire...
  5. The Loire Valley

    The Loire Valley

    Bagneux Dolmen, this dolmen is in the back yard of a building with a cafe.
  6. The Loire Valley

    The Loire Valley

    Dolman de la Madeleine, Neolithic dolman near Gennes. It is as big as a building. There are the remains of a bakery inside.
  7. The Loire Valley

    The Loire Valley

    Villandry, beautiful gardens.
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    The Loire Valley

    Villandry, this Chateau is famous for its gardens.
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    The Loire Valley

    Bourgueil, stopped on a rainy morning for coffee and cake - a specialty cake for this area (can't remember the name).
  10. The Loire Valley

    The Loire Valley

    Angers, a medieval timber-framed building in Angers.
  11. The Loire Valley

    The Loire Valley

    Angers, close up of some of the carvings.
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    The Loire Valley

    Chateau de Chenonceau, Chenonceau is one of the most popular Chateau in the area. It is built over the river.
  13. The Loire Valley

    The Loire Valley

    Amboise, Leonardo's house in Amboise, a 15 minute walk from the Chateau. It was packed solid with tourists the day we visited.
  14. The Loire Valley

    The Loire Valley

    Amboise, there are houses built into the stone hillsides in this area.
  15. The Loire Valley

    The Loire Valley

    Amboise Chateau, St Hubert Chapel, built in the late 1400s, on the grounds of the Amboise Chateau.
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    The Loire Valley

    Amboise Chateau, Leonardo da Vinci lived near the Chateau and died in 1519. He was buried in St Hubert Chapel.
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    The Loire Valley

    Amboise Chateau, our first chateau. It was not very crowded. Beautiful buildings and grounds.
  18. The Loire Valley

    The Loire Valley

    Amboise Chateau, looking from the Chateau grounds to the streets below. The area around the Chateau is very touristy.
  19. The Loire Valley

    The Loire Valley

    Fontevraud Abbey, the graves of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, with their son Richard the Lionheart.
  20. The Loire Valley

    The Loire Valley

    Fontevraud Abbey, historic abbey built in the 12th century.
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