The Rest of the Trip

Well, as we left the Loire Valley, we found out that we no longer had easy access to free internet. So, it has been a few days since I have been able to write anything and upload some more pictures.

We finished up in the Loire Valley with Chenonceau, Foutainebleu and we also found Chateau Ambroise. Friday was a trip to Chenonceau, and on Saturday, we went to Fountainebleu in the morning, and then had all afternoon to wonder around. We made a wrong turn and ended up in Ambroise and decided to visit the Chateau. It is up on a hill and was definately more of the defensive castle than the royal residence.

As you can see, when we got to Chenonceau, there was scaffolding up around it. As our luck would have it, it went up within the last month and is part of a 30 month project.

The tower outside the chateau looked fine, though, as did the gardens.

And, for the Amy Picture of the day, here she is in front of one of the buildings near the chateau. The house was covered with wisteria and and looked very nice.

The next day, we headed to Fontainebleu, and found a chateau much larger than we expected.

The inside was absolutely gorgeous, as you can see by this picture of the cathedral in the chateau.

After we left there, we were heading to a small town, but took an wrong turn and headed to Amboise instead. We found a nice little town with a castle guarding it from atop a big rock. Amboise is alo the final home and resting place of DaVinci. He is buried in a small chapel on the grounds. =

Here is a picture of the castle.

And for those needing another picture of Amy, here she is in one of her finer moments of the trip.

Next, Versailles and Paris.