Slideshow Index: Chambord and Return to Paris
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May 25th - Chateaux Chambord is the largest in the Loire Valley
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Chambord
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There are unique towers everywhere you look
Da Vinci designed the twin spiral staircases (like DNA)
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The gardens are spectacular
Chambord gardens
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Another set of towers
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Great views from the fourth floor balconies
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Chambord
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Place de la Concord (at the end of the Champs Elysees)
Rodin sculpture in front of the Orange Museum
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Kathy and a Monet Mural in the Musee de l'Orangerie
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The Monet wall murals are mostly in this museum
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Monet
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Monet painting
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River Seine and tourist boats at the Alexander III bridge
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Le Petit Palais (The little palace)
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The first funeral sculpture in the Petit Palais collection
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Another fine Monet painting
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At the top of the Grande Palais
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The most famous avenue in Paris, 1.3 miles long
View of the Champs Elysees towards the Arc de Triomphe
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We had our tour farewell dinner at L'Alsace
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Some of our friends on the tour
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We took a Seine cruise after dinner
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Notre Dame view from the boat
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The Eiffel Tower with lights
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