Thursday's 'taken in Touraine' - wet wet wet.

Despite the blue skies yesterday apparently it has been the wettest February since 1964 in Touraine, here are pics of #descente de la riviere' in La Guerche this week and last week - take to the boats?

 

Wednesday is for windows...Montpoupon

 Windows of Chateau de Montpoupon.

Shouldn't be long now!

 

Monday's chateau...Chateau de Bridore.

The medieval fortress of Chateau de Bridore with its thirty metre high keep in Southern Touraine.

Mon banc dominical / My Sunday Bench - Chateau d'Azay-le-Ferron,

 

There are many opportunities to have a seat in the lovely grounds of Chateau d'Azay-le-Ferron.

On the streets of Touraine...Amboise

Place Michel Debre in Amboise.

Have a good weekend everyone. Bon week-end à tous...

 

Chapel of Saint-Hubert within the grounds of  Chateau d'Amboise.

Thursday's 'taken in Touraine' - descente de la riviere, La Guerche

 

Wednesday is for windows...Crissay-sur-Manse - Indre-et-Loire

 

Elegant windows on fine house in Crissay-sur-Manse.

Monday's chateau - Chateau de Blois

 

Monday's chateau...The Louis XII wing of Chateau de Blois.

Mon banc dominical / My Sunday Bench - cold comfort...

 By the church in Le Grand-Pressigny

Chateau d'Amboise

 

More on Chateau d'Amboise here.

Have a good weekend everyone. Bon week-end à tous...the lavoir at Ferrière-Larçon.

 

Did you know there is a website dedicated to the lavoirs of Touraine?

You do now! https://leslavoirsdetouraine.blogspot.com/

 

Thursday's 'taken in Touraine' -

Plan d'eau - Paulmy, February

Happy Valentine's Day...

 

Monday's chateau...Chenonceau

 Chateau de Chenonceau

Mon banc dominical/My Sunday Bench...another in Descartes.

 More on Descrtes' gardens in February

On the streets of Touraine...Place Pierre de Brosse, in Langeais.

 

More on Langeais here...

Have a good weekend everyone. Bon week-end à tous...a different view of Chateau de Cheverny

 

More on Chateau de Cheverny.

Thursday's 'taken in Touraine' - Pont de Langeais

 More on Langeais here...well worth a visit.

Wednesday for windows...inside out at Chateau d'Amboise

Chateau d'Amboise

 

The stunning Basilique de St-Martin, on rue Descartes in Tours.

 

Basilique de St-Martin, on rue Descartes in Tours.

More pics, here:

Monday's chateau - Chateau du Rivau

 

More on Chateau du Rivau here.

Mon banc dominical/My Sunday Bench...Views over the Loire at Sancerre.

 

Image: Tourisme Grand Sancerrois

More on Sancerre here.

On the streets of Touraine...Bléré

  Rue du Pont in Bléré

Bon week-end from all of us here in the Loire Valley.

 

Villandry

Thursday's 'taken in Touraine' - Tours .

 

Place Plumereau in Tours.