Our visit to the Chateau

We felt obligated to visit a Chateau if we were going to be driving around the Loire Valley. My guide book told me that Château de Chenonceau was one of the most popular. So we stopped in on our way the Amboise. I can't remember all of the historcial data about the chateau. If you want the background story see the wiki.

The coolest part of the history that I can remember was that during WWII the banquet hall was turned into a hospital and since the castle stretched across the river, people used it to escape the occupied area.

We might as well have been on the Eiffel Tower, everyone was speaking American English and most of them we sorority girl types, that had "gone abroad for the summer". The types that we were taking this vacation to forget. They still have a working vineyard and cellar. In the cellar, they have wine tastings for 1 euro. The 1999 was not bad so we bought a bottle. After that we loaded up the ol' trailer and headed for Amboise.