Good morning everyone, I didn't blog last night as it was very late when we arrived back from dinner and there is no wifi in our room. As we are currently staying in our chateau (yes, our chateau) Brett wouldn't let me negotiate the tiny spiral staircase down the turret from our second floor suite, then the main staircase and through the entrance to the drawing room where the wifi is situated. C'est tres, tres chic!
But I am getting ahead of myself...
We started the day after a sleep in in Rennes and then headed off to Le Mans. To our disappointment, the track was closed for viewing as they held a race last week and then the track is closed to the public for a couple of weeks afterwards while the teams clear away their secret stuff. The museum was fab though, with almost an entire range of the history of cars that have succeeded or been notable in Le Mans history. Again, time flew by there - even for Christine, who isn't a "car person", but wandered through and then spent time chatting with an Irish couple and reading her book lol.
On we came then to Nazelles-Negron which is just across the river from Amboise. We drove through rain most of the way from Le Mans - although nothing at all like they are getting in the South of France. We passed through the towns badly affected when we were on the train - it stopped in Toulon and Draguignan which are both places where there has been terrible destruction.
After getting a little lost, we asked for directions in the village and were pointed to the Chateau des Ormeaux. After a couple of minutes we got our first glimpse of it through the park and it looked exactly as it does on the internet. Ooh la la! Our host Dominique showed us around and we oohed and aahed our way behind him - it is fab-u-lous! I haven't yet taken many photos as the camera needed charging when we got here, but I will do so today. Have a look on the internet - T and T are in the Lully room, C and A are in the Rameau room (both on the first floor) and Brett and I are in the Debussy room on the second floor. We tripped off to Amboise for a fab meal in an authenitic restaurant - eating Coq au Vin and French Onion Soup to underline the 'frenchness' of it all lol - before returning just before midnight.
This morning we have just finished breakfast in the most beautiful dining room I have ever eaten breakfast in. It is still raining lightly so we are off to Tours to do some laundry (and visit the legendary Ikea) before checking out a chateau on the other side of Tours and returning to Amboise for a wander around. I will report on what we have found later on. See ya!
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