Today we left the Normandy area to travel southeast to the Loire Valley. We are staying in the outskirts of a very quaint town called Amboise. Amboise is located at the widest part of the Loire River...Leonardo da Vinci retired here...another good idea.
We toured a huge Chateau called Chenonceau. It literally was built to cross the Cher river. Amazing tour and great gardens. Dad got a little nuts on the picture taking. The chateau has a rich history filled with stong important women. In 1547, King Henry II gave the chateau to his mistress Diane who set about expanding it and filling it with rare items and incredible works of art. Upon the King's death, the Queen kicked the Mistress out and moved in herself to reign over France until her son was old enough to be crowned king. The story goes on from there.
The drive down here was uneventful. I thing one wrong turn so our GPS (Veronica) is the best friend we have here. We got supplies...bread, cheese, fruit and water for a lovely picnic so our day was great...
Everyone loved dinner again except Morgan. We all tried Escargot. Dad loved it but the rest of us just smiled. As we were leaving the town, the French night life was just starting... we got into the car rocking out to Michael Jackson's 'Thriller'... some things are the same no matter what country you are in:)
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