This past weekend I went on a trip with my program to the Loire Valley, about a three hour bus ride from Paris. We went to four out of the 300+ châteaux in the region and had a grand old time.
First stop: Château d'Amboise
Leonardo da Vinci lived in Amboise at the end of his life, and he is allegedly buried under this chapel.
The castle tour was followed by lunch and exploration of the town of Amboise
...and getting a little too excited about the blooming flowers
The next stop was Château de Chenonceau, which is everyone's favorite
On Saturday night we stayed at this bed and breakfast, which is actually technically a château itself
The view out of our window was lovely and we awoke to birds chirping instead of sirens, motorcycles, and other Paris sounds.
The next day we went to Château de Nitray. This castle is inhabited by an actual, real-life Count who also makes wine. He showed us a few rooms of his Downton Abbey-esque home and let us taste some different kinds of his wine.
The last stop was Château de Chambord. It was quite cold and windy (inside and out), and everyone was pretty castled-out, so I apologize for not taking many pictures of it.
In fact, now that I look back at this post, I realize that I really didn't take many pictures of the castles themselves. Oops. Hope you enjoyed it anyway!
Edit: Oh! and I forgot to mention that on Saturday night we had dinner in a fancy restaurant that was actually a cave. I didn't get any good pictures of it but I thought it was a cool thing to mention, right? Right??
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