Slideshow Index: The Loire Valley and Amboise

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• May 23rd - "By My Guest" country chateaux visit
• Kathy in the chateaux courtyard
• The chapel
• The Conte (count) greeted us with wine and lunch
• The chateaux rear view
• View from the pond's edge
• Touring Tours - The Tours Basilica
• Old town timbered houses
• Old town timbered houses
• The Loire river
• May 24th - Leonardo Da Vinci spent the last three years of his life in Amboise (1516-1519)
• Our guide for the Chateau du Clos Luce tour (home and gardens)
• A student's copy of the famous Mona Lisa painting
• Replica's of Leonardo's bicycle and automobile designs
• There was much to see there
• The Amboise Royal Chateaux
• Gargoyles are a part of most French churches and castles
• The Throne room
• Kathy at the top
• View below
• Chateaux Chenonceau, the "Ladies Castle"
• Chenonceau
• It is on the River Cher
• Chenonceau
• Looking back towards the entrance
• The entrance corridor
• Chenonceau
• The corridor pond
• We had super food and entertainment at this restaurant
• Our table
• The other table
• Arnie & Kathy