2021 can only get better!

 

Thursday's taken in Touraine - December in Tours.

 

Tours 

Rue Balzac in Loches

 

Loches

Tuesday for towns - Ferrière-Larçon in Southern Touraine.

 

Thought we'd let you see more from the source of last Sunday's bench from our revisit at the weekend - the village Ferrière-Larçon in Southern Touraine.

Monday's Loire Valley Chateau - Chateau de Langeais

 

Mon banc dominical / My Sunday Bench, Église Saint-Mandé-Saint-Jean de Ferrière-Larçon

 

Seasonal window dressing in Tours

 

Have a lovely safe Christmas...

 

Christmas at Loches...

 

Tuesday for towns - Le Grand-Pressigny at Christmas

 

Monday's Loire Valley chateau - Azay-le-Rideau

 

Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau at Christmas

Mon banc dominical / My Sunday Bench - Barrou

 

Have a good weekend, continue to stay safe.

 

Place de Châteauneuf, Tours

Vendredi à vélo - bikes on tour, Amboise

More on Amboise here

 

Thursday's taken in Touraine - picture yourself on (another) boat on a river...

At Veretz on the river Cher

 

Another image of Loches in December...

 

Tuesday for towns-Tours at Christmas

 

Christmas at the chateaux - Azay-le-Rideau

We would normally be visiting some of the best dressed chateaux over Christmas but that is not possible this year though many will still present themselves online like the beautiful   Azay-le-Rideau   

You can check out a previous visit here

Mon banc dominical / My Sunday Bench - ideal for the kids...

 

  At Chateau du Rivau 

Have a good weekend...

 

Vendredi à vélo - hoping for shade in Tours

More on Tours here

 

Thursday's taken in Touraine - past reflections

 Reflecting on an old image from 2012 of the lake in the grounds of Chateau de Grillemont in Southern Touraine and how you cannot always believe what you see.

 

This is it the correct way up!

 

Another from Loches in December...

The ancient Sequoia tree struck by lightning in 2011 in the public gardens at Loches is remembered by this piece entitled  'Entre ciel et terre' by the artist Amandine Bocquelet -  more here

 

Tuesday for towns - Tours, waiting tables at Christmas.

 

Place Plumereau Tours

Monday's Loire Valley chateau -a visit to Chenonceau Christmas past

 

Was looking forward to a Christmas visit to Chateau de Chenonceau but alas no.

Mon banc dominical / My Sunday Bench - Descartes

Mon banc dominical / My Sunday Bench - Descartes,he has stood so long he thinks he needs a rest,therefore he does!

From a window in Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau

 

Vendredi à vélo - new theme for Fridays.

 

This one was snapped above the entrance to an antique shop in Montsoreau

Taken in Touraine - Le Moulin de l'Abbaye in Preuilly

Looking towards the 'Moulin de l'Abbaye' in Preuilly-sur-Claise from the bridge.The mill was originally built as a flour mill and later converted to a tannery. You can read about the history of the 'mills  of the Claise' here. 

 

Loches in December...

Tuesday for towns and villages - an autumnal Le Grand-Pressigny in Southern Touraine

 

More on Le Grand-Pressigny here

Loire Valley world heritage site.

 

Today we celebrate 20 years of the Loire Valley as a UNESCO world heritage site...and it's more than just its mighty chateaux!