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1. Travel Tip:
Festivals
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As we drove around the various towns and villages in Touraine and the Val-de-Loire, whe noticed that quite a few were either in the process of having, or getting ready to have, a fête (festival).... Tags for this Chapter: chinon festivals |
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2. Travel Tip:
We survive the hike
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We made it past the gypsy camp and walked under a bridge. It was here that we discovered we were on the wrong road. Now we had to walk past the gypsy camp again, which had now swelled, in my... Tags for this Chapter: chinon hiking chevre |
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3. Travel Tip:
Au revoir, Chinon
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We had decided to drop the rental car off in Tours, and take the TGV – the high speed train – back to Paris. We had stopped at the Chinon train station a few days earlier and bought our... Tags for this Chapter: chinon tgv |
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4. Travel Tip:
Au revoir, France
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We struggled aboard with our luggage, which now contained 10 bottles of wine in addition to our clothes and whatever else we had picked up along the way. Fortunately there was plenty of room in the... Tags for this Chapter: chinon tgv |
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5. Travel Tip:
Chateau de Chenonceau
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As a contrast to the pragmatic, no-frills fortress of Chinon, we decided to visit one of the pleasure palaces of the renaissance, the Chateau Chenonceau. We headed east, across much rich farmland... Tags for this Chapter: chateaudechenonceau rennaissance chinon |
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6. Travel Tip:
Exploring Chinon
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We soon found that Chinon can be covered from one end to the other on foot. Our hotel was on the southwest edge of town, along the river. The busiest road runs along the river, east west through... Tags for this Chapter: chinon lamaisonrouge |
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7. Travel Tip:
Medieval Chinon
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In this section of town, you truly get the feel for life in the Middle Ages, at least what the streets and houses looked like. There are many houses built in the pan de bois style, where the brick... Tags for this Chapter: chinon middleages |
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8. Travel Tip:
Still Wandering
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Beyond the square and to the south, you pick up another street, rue Rabelais, which runs further east past more restaurants and shops, and finally runs into a large parking lot where the statue of... Tags for this Chapter: chinon chateau |
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9. Travel Tip:
Chateau Chinon
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After walking around town and checking out more potential restaurants to visit, we bought some lunch items at a boulangerie and headed for the Chateau. The entrance is at the clock tower. This is... Tags for this Chapter: chinon joanofarc richardthelionhearted |
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10. Travel Tip:
Exploring the Chateau
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In the XVth century, Chinon received fame as the place where Jeanne D’Arc recognized the Dauphin, Charles VII, whom she had never met, and who was hiding in a crowd in the castle’s main hall.... Tags for this Chapter: chinon |
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