On the streets of Touraine...Grande Rue in Loches.

 

Grande Rue in Loches.

Bon week-end à tous -have a good a weekend everyone - Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau

 

Have a good weekend everyone...why not visit one of the beautiful Loire Valley chateaux.

Thursday's 'taken in Touraine' - Preuilly-sur-Claise

Captured in Preuilly-sur-Claise in Southern Touraine.

 

Wednesday for windows - modern Tours

 

 Modernity in the Deux-Lions district of Tours where the tram has connected it to the centre of city with ease..

Joan at Beaugency

 

Joan of Arc statue at Place Saint-Firmin in Beaugency

Monday's chateau... Chateau Montreuil-Bellay

 Chateau Montreuil-Bellay

Mon banc dominical / My Sunday Bench - another from Descartes.

More on Descartes.

 

On the streets of Touraine...in Descartes

 

Looking down Rue Pierre Ballue in Descartes on Thursday.

Bon week-end à tous -have a good a weekend everyone - Chateau du Rivau.

 

More on Chateau du Rivau

Thursday's 'taken in Touraine...Villandry

 

Springtime at Chateau Villandry.

At Chateau du Rivau...

 

More on Rivau here.

Monday's chateau - Chateau de Cande

 

Chateau de Cande,with its  fairytale look has a story to tell.

Mon banc dominical / My Sunday Bench - Cheverny

 

On the streets of Touraine - Grande Rue, Richelieu

 

More on Richelieu here:

Bon week-end à tous -have a good a weekend everyone - enjoy the high temperature!

Place Plumereau in Tours

Thursday's 'taken in Touraine...Abilly

 The old millhouse at Abilly in Southern Touraine.

Wednesday for windows - at Château d’Oiron

 

The dual aspect windows of  the interesting Château d’Oiron in the department of Deux-Sevres.

Springtime in Loches...

 Loches

Monday's chateau...Chateau de Breze

Above ground at Chateau de Breze but there is more to this chateau than meets the eye!

 

Mon banc dominical / My Sunday Bench - Barrou

 Stone benches in Barrou in Southern Touraine.

On the streets of Touraine...in Chinon

 

Chinon

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

 

If you have not yet visited the rivers of tulips at Chateau de Cheverny then we highly recommend it!

Thursday's 'taken in Touraine - at Barrou.

 

Wednesday for windows - in Tours

 

If these windows in Tours could talk what stories they could tell!

The rooftops of Chateau de Chaumont-sur-Loire...

 

Chateau de Chaumont-sur-Loire

Monday's chateau - Chateau de La Guerche

 

The chateau at La Guerche yesterday evening after the the river Creuse returned to a sensible level.

Mon banc dominical / My Sunday Bench - Langeais

Colourful in Langeais.

 

On the streets of Touraine in Loches

Rue du Château on the left and rue des Fossés Saint-Ours on the right,viewed from the top of the Porte Royale in Loches. 

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

 The gardens at The Musée des Beaux-Arts in Tours

Thursday's 'taken in Touraine'...Chateau du Grand-Pressigny

 

A different view of  Chateau du Grand-Pressigny.

Wednesday for windows..lovely in Loches

Springtime at Villandry

 Chateau de Villandry.

Monnday's Chateau...Amboise

 

Chateau d'Amboise from the gardens.

Mon banc dominical / My Sunday Bench - no frills but thrills at Loches.

 

On the terrace of the Porte Royale (13th-15th centuries), in Loches which offers an exceptional panoramic view of the town.

Many visitors to Loches are not aware of the access to the top of the gate from the gardens of the 'Musee Lansyer' the former home of Emmanuel Lansyer, a 19th century landscape painter.(worth a visit also) and miss out on the views.

Well worth the climb. 

On the streets of Touraine...Loches Pl. du Marché au Blé

 

 Place du Marché au Blé in Loches

Bon week-end à tous - have a good a weekend. Chateau de Montresor.

 

Chateau de Montresor

Thursday's taken in Touraine...Tours

Jardins des Prébendes d'Oé,Tours.

Wednesday for windows...Preuilly-sur-Claise in Southern Touraine

 

A view from Sancerre...

 

Sancerre

Monday's chateau...Chateau du Grand-Pressigny

 

Chateau du Grand-Pressigny in Southern Touraine.

Mon banc dominical / My Sunday Bench...Chateau du Rivau

 

Another of the many options in the gardens of Chateau du Rivau.