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SAUMUR – MEDIEVAL CHATEAU
Sunday, 6th May: WE EXPLORE Having upon our arrival read numerous leaflets at our disposal, we decided to explore Saumur, making first for the impressive chateau that overlooked the river. I begged that first we visit the Resistance Museum at Thouars, which could be on our way. THE FRENCH ‘RESISTANCE’ […]
LUNCH IN A TROGLODYTE CAVE
SAUMUR Leaving Saumur chateau we arrived at the bottom of the town, searching for a shady place by the water. It was just too hot to go up and down streets. We drove on for a couple of miles, and even crossed over a bridge, but there seemed to be no access to the […]
THOUARS RESISTANCE MUSEUM:
THIS TIME WE WERE IN LUCK Thirty-six minutes later we were back at Thouars Resistance Museum. Now well after 2pm, we stood once more outside a locked door; only this time we could see people within. And on the square a bus was disgorging schoolchildren. We knocked on the glass, and received shakes […]
MAGICAL JAPANESE GARDEN
7TH May 2018: LOIRE VALLEY HAS LARGEST LOVELY JAPANESE GARDEN Now right in the Loire Valley, we set off early to find the largest Japanese gardens in Europe. Parc Oriental de Maulévrier was no more than a forty-five minute drive away. IN LUCK – EXTRA MOONLIGHT TOUR TONIGHT We were […]
