And if you're in the land of castles, one day per weekend just isn't enough. Sunday found us taking the bikes out again, but this time cheating and taking them with us on the train. We met bleary eyed at 9:45 in the morning, loaded our bikes, and road the 30 minutes train ride to Chenonceau. It was beautiful, too, (although under renovation) and my camera died within the first 2 hours. We were a much quieter group that day, completely exhausted from our 48km (29 mile) bike ride the day before, and we mostly wandered around the castle on our own taking pictures. The castle had a real life moat, with murky green water full of thick algae that I sure wouldn't want to dive into if I were keen on attacking the castle, and that I especially wouldn't want to go for a pleasure cruise on, although apparently some people did because they were selling boat rides. A boy in one of the boats almost fell in (and we were kind of hoping he would).
After Chenonceau the exectutive decision was made to bike the 11km (6ish miles) to Amboise, to see the castle there. Gingerly and with trepidation, we got back on our bikes. Well, all of us except Volker that is, who we found out had competed in a bike race just before arriving in Tours and therefore was well used to the exertion.
At Amboise we stopped briefly at the house where Leonardo da Vinci died, and then Volker and Karin bought a ticket for Castle Amboise, while Gregor and I decided to see it another day and went for chocolates instead.
My aim was a little off on this photograph, it's not really falling over.
Found this little guy in the grass at Chenonceau, , too young to fly, and I kind of don't think he made it.
House where Leanardo da Vinci died.
Castle Amboise
Shops in Amboise
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