Plotting

Back from Loire, time to plot all the stops on a map. From Blois to Angers, via Tours and Saumur, touching Chartres on the way back.

For a total of 12 Castles, 6 towns, 1 troglodyte farm, 1 Cathedral, 1500 km, 4 wine cellars, 15 bottles back home.

Top 3 Castles: Chambord, Chenonceau, Blois.
Outstanding breathtaking non-Castle: Chartres cathedral

Top 3 activities: spending the night in a water mill, eating fouées a la troglodyte, sundowner on the Loire (kayaking could have been an option too).

Top 3 people: big-nose King Francis I, our Lady of the Mill, le vigneron de la Giraudiere.
Special mention to the Lady of the Poires Tapées de Rivarenne, explaining her ethics of beating the pears.