Had a wonderful breakfast in the salon at
the manor this morning. Our little rental car is siti9ng between a 
Mercedes and a Jaguar. I think we are out of our league in this place. Oh well (shrug, shrug as the French would do). After breakfast, we visited Clos du Luce, Leonardo da Vinci's last home before he died. They have wonderful models of all his inventions and the gardens are fantastic. The city of Amboise is so absolutely beautiful - I could very easily move here in a second!! The castle is right on top of us here at Manor des Minimes. This evening we drove to Chateau Chenonceau in the city of Chenonceaux. It is about 15 minutes from Amboise. Thank God for GPS in the rental car. There were only about 10 of us at the Chateau since the crowds were gone for the day!! It was lovely. The gardens, the castle and the river Cher!!!We have met a wonderful couple from Liverpool (they own the jaguar)!! Trish and Peter, they are a riot!! We have exchanged emails and have promised to be in touch. Everyone here is so jealous of us going to the French Open - even the Jaguar owner!!!! How about that?
We had a lovely dinner tonight at a little French bistro just down the lane in the town square. The waitresss was jsut a kick - we got along jolly well. We have had a great time with all of the Frenchies!!! I guess if you are nice to them, they will be delightful right back.
Well, we leave this idyllic place in the morning - we will be back here in the future, for sure!!
1 comment:
I'm so glad you are posting this! I feel almost like I'm with you guys. The last book I read was about the Vel d'Hiv' in Paris. So, with the descriptions from the book and your pictures I can close my eye's and be there. This si great!
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