Telephone pole! *
Small town near our hotel *
We stayed at the Chateau de Curzay sur Vonne for 6 nights
Here's our room
My C5 waiting for a washing
View from our window
The Chateau is beautiful
Up early to go to the Henessy Cognac factory
Reserved parking outside the cognac factory *
A Stingray met us at the cognac factory
Their boat takes the tour across the river *
Inside you can buy cognac *
We went on a castle tour and also so a lot of vineyards *
Cassie waddled down the driveway to Chenonceau, le Chateau de Dames *
First they built this part many hundreds of years ago *
Ceiling in a room of the "new" part *
Worn out floor *
We also went to Leonardo Da Vinci's house *
This is the remains of the castle of King George (?) who was good friends with Da Vinci *
Royal ducks? *
Da Vinci *
A four star hotel was made out of caves in the limestone *
This bridge was rebuilt 3 times after major wars *
Next stop, the gardens of Le Chateau de Villandry *
Finally, the vineyard at Vouvray *
They found these fossils recently when they dug out a new passage *
Visitors sample the wine *
Some visitors take some home to sample furthur *
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*Some pictures were taken with a Sony Digital Video Handycam and captured with Dazzle DV-Editor
