Group Trip
Chateau Chanze
Around France
2008

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Pig roast and festival in Behuard

Bruce takes the archery title, with a score of 47 out of 50

Waiting for the feast

A delicious and cultural lunch

Unique church built on a rock in Behuard

Le chat, our would be traveling companion

In the village of Rochemenier, where residents still lived in caves until the 1930s

Bridge over The Loire in Saumur

Chateau overlooking Saumur

View of Saumur from the Loire

Incredible landscaping at Villandry

The kitchen gardens

More artistic work in the gardens

Grapes too!

Mom, Dad, Bruce & Jennifer among the grapes

Welcome to Chambord

Some of the insane roof line at Chambord, Francois I's little hunting lodge

In total, Francios only spent 42 days here

The double-blind staircase at Chambord

Tom & Lori on the grounds

Paul & Claire

Ann & Joe

Welcome to Chenonceau

A rainy day turning beautiful

Down in the kitchen of Chenonceau

More lovely gardens of Chenonceau

The famous span of Chenonceau over the River Cher

The happy couple, nearing 50 years of marriage

Our daily bread

Lunch as they do in France

Tom in Angers

The fortess at Angers

Joe on the draw bridge

A decidely French spot for lunch

Brissac-Quince, the village of flowers

Market day at Brissac

Overlooking le Chateau de Brissac, owned by the same line of dukes since 1502

The old harbor at La Rochelle

Le Vieux Port

Bridge to the Ile de Re

View of the Altantic Ocean from the French side!

Our navigational system that guided us flawlessly through France. We affectionately named her Madame.

This is what she looked like....in Tom's mind anyway

Notre Dame, Paris

A tiny fraction of the immense inside at Notre Dame

The long view

sites along the River Seine

Beneath the Eiffel Tower

Lori among the crowds always buzzing around the Tower

Antique carousel

Paris Happy Hour

Dinner in Paris

Au revior, France