Monday 27 October

Spent last night trying to work out what chateaus we wanted to view as there are so many. We also want to not be too rushed. That is an understatement as we didn't manage to get away till 1040. Thought we would go into Loche only 20 mins away and just have a stroll. 3 local peasants walking up the street !

 Loche was first founded as a priory 900AD but didn't become established till 6th century!! Just like OZ.

It is a lovely town surrounded by the river

                                                                    We were able to explore it without problems as nothing was open! Suppose the upshot of that is I didn't spend any money!

  

So after walking around the town we headed of to Chenonceau chateau

                                             

                          This is the walk to the chateau.. They really know how to impress. We were all starving so thought  it would be ok to eat at the restaurant. It was cold outside so we waited for a table inside, dog eat dog! School holidays And 48 euros later !! Learnt a lesson with this one.

This chateau was built in the 16th century. It was a sparse place with very little furniture and lots of tapestries. It was built around the Loire.

                                                          And yes there were a lot of fish

                       . We got 1audio so Tim decided to be the auditor but it was an iPhone haha 

 Needless to say that didn't last long and LInda took over the commentary.

On the way home we stopped at a hypermarket .i got excited when I saw all the things for sale including  toys. i finally got  lexi her  barbie doctor .  I Didn't buy anything else except food and that was a challenge,but fun.really into this cheese, pâté and bread thing.