Wednesday is for windows - at Chateau de Villandry

 

Inside Chateau de Villandry is lovely but outside in the gardens is stunning

Tuesday for towns - lovely Loches

Looking forward to Loches in July

 

Monday's Loire Valley chateau - Chateau du Blois

Chateau du Blois is an excellent illustration of the evolution of the French architecture from the Middle Ages to the 17th century. It has a great royal history from Louis XII who built the oldest part of the chateau to Francois I who added the renaissance wing with the unique open circular staircase. 

 

Mon banc dominical / My Sunday Bench - monumental at Yzeures-sur-Creuse

 

Bon week-end à tous, have a good weekend everyone.

Vendredi à vélo - team trial in Southern Touraine.

 

Barrou

Thursday's taken in Touraine...a little love for the Gardens at Chateau Villandry

More on Villandry  here

 

Wednesday for windows - in the 'house of fun'!

One of our favourite set of windows can be found at 'La Maison de la Magie Robert-Houdin', which sits opposite the courtyard of the chateau in Blois.

Tuesday for towns in Centre-Val de Loire...Blere in Indre-et-Loire

Monday's Loire Valley chateau - a different view.

A different view of the chateau at Le Grand-Pressigny

Mon banc dominical / My Sunday Bench

 

Refurbished benches on Place  Mirabeau in Chinon

Bon week-end à tous, have a good weekend everyone.

 

Vendredi à vélo - with love from Tours.

 

Thursday's taken in Touraine...waterwheel at the old mill in Abilly

 

Wednesday for windows...woolly window boxes

 

Love these crocheted window boxes in Chinon.

Tuesday for towns & villages...Abilly

Abilly in Southern Touraine.

 

Monday's Loire Valley chateau.

The fortress at Chinon under a clear une blue sky

Mon banc dominical / My Sunday Bench

A restful spot in the gardens of Chateau du Rivau

Have a good weekend everyone - bon weekend à tous.

 

Enjoy the blue skies and extra 'freedom' sensibly.

Vendredi à vélo - not for the faint-hearted!

 

These bike rides are for the real enthusiasts, for the less experienced the top sign may be useful!  

Thursday's taken in Touraine...blue sky over poppies.

 

Wednesday is for windows - how many does a castle need?

 

Many,if Chateau Fougeres-sur-Bievre in Loir-et-Cher is anything to go by!

Tuesday for towns in the Loire Valley - back in Chinon

It was good to see a return to some form of normality in Chinon at the weekend with the restaurant terraces having some life at last, it is always a pleasure to walk the streets of this historic town.

Monday's Loire Valley chateau - Chateau du Rivau under a blue sky.

 

Delighted Chateau du Rivau had a lovely weekend of weather for their 'Festival de la Rose'.

Mon banc dominical / My Sunday Bench and what a view,

 

In the grounds of Chateau de Cande

Have a good weekend from all of us in the Loire Valley

 

A great time to visit Chateau Villandry - we have visited almost every year since our first walk around the gardens way back in 2012.

Vendredi à vélo - doubling up

In tandem at a past brocante.

Thusday's taken in Touraine - the viaduct at Monts.

 

The spectacular 59 arch viaduct over the Indre Valley- a 19th century wonder!

Wednesday for windows...a selection in Chinon

 

Tuesday for towns in the Loire Valley...Langeais

We love Langeais for its quaint streets...

its formidable chateau with its drawbridge...

its beautiful church...

its lively Sunday market...

and of course its bridge over the Loire river.