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Jour 8 sur Amboise
(Jun 06 '06)
... comme je n'ai pas eu beaucoup de temps dernièrement j'ai oublié de préciser dans le dernier message que nous avons "galérés grave" lorsque nous sommes partis de Paris avec la voiture louée. Le ...
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Leonardo, street fairs, and men in tights.
(Sep 15 '07)
"It is like Cirque de Soliel and Club Med rolled into One"
Saturday, September 15:
The square is crowded today. I have scrambled eggs, and pack my new backpack for a day out. The sun is still shining. ...
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Licking windows, troglydytes, and doo-ta-doo
(Sep 13 '07)
"guess who I ended up sitting next to? Frankie and Joanne from NOO Joisey"
Friday, September14:
I wake up around 10am. I make my own coffee and drink it while sitting on my balcony overlooking the ...
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Amboise
(Mar 29 '07)
Arrive in Amboise at 7pm. Checked into a hotel close to the station for the night. Began the next morning with a visit to the historic Bigot cafe (expensive chocolates, hot chocolate&croissont ...
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More miscommunique, fantastic groceries, and the key inside the lockbox
(Sep 13 '07)
"We speak "Fr-English" while she wonders why I just don't use the key to open the door..."
Today is Wednesday, September 13th. I decide to check out of the Marriott and leave my luggage there while I ...
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Pffftt, Hills on a bicyclette, and a "cadeaux"
(Sep 16 '07)
"just as we in america speak LOUDER to foreigners, he just got more animated in his French to me"
Sunday, September 16.
Today I rented a bike for the rest of the week. Lo Ca Cycle is on Rue ...
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The Castles of the Loire Valley
(May 31 '07)
"No Need to Be Royalty To Live Like Kings in the Loire Valley!"
The next stop on our French itinerary was the famed and fabulous Loire Valley – about 6 hours drive from our Burgundian guesthouse. The ...
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Jour 9 sur Chenonceaux
(Jun 07 '06)
Le château de Chenonceaux a été occupée en grande partie par des femmes, comme Catherine de Médicis par exemple. Il est très beau, construit sur l'eau, ça en fait un château de construction unique. ...
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We left France after a wonderful stay in Chenonceau, France. We visited the Chateau Chenonceau and the Chateau Chambord. We took a balloon flight on a ...
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Cinderella
(Mar 03 '07)
"Everyone dreams of living in a castle and being a king or a princess. Usually, however, these dream castles do not contain little espresso dispensers or old ladies, who demand 40 centenes to go to the bathroom!"
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Wednesday 5th March : Through the Loire to Cheverny
(Mar 05 '08)
Left Passias at 10am. Went via Mayenne, to Angers, then along the Loire river – Chateau country. It is France’s valley of the kings and there seem to be beautiful chateaus every few kilometres as you ...
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A Few Days of Chateau Hopping
(Feb 15 '08)
"Seeing the chateau appear almost magically out of the mist was a truly breathtaking sight"
So after a flat out week in France's capital, we jumped on a train to the sleepy Loire Valley for some R&R ...
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First month in Tours.
(Oct '07)
Hello from Tours! I have been here for just over a month, and I guess it’s about time I shared some news. Tours is the largest city in the Loire valley, but it still feels pretty small. There is no ...
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