Castles part I: Blois

The Loire at last, shining at sunset.

In the city of Renaissance intrigues and bloodshed, stands a majestic castle, which is in fact 4 different castles in one. Cannot stop staring at this marble staircase.

The summer night is warm and calm in the court of the Castle. Even better after the (slightly overdone) "son et lumiere" show is over. 

The sky is dark and clear. The stars (and the satellites and the international space station) quietly look down on us. Cheesy yeah, but it is St.Lawrence, so I'm expecting some falling stars anytime. In fact I think I have seen one - although it may have been just a bat hit by the spotlight, who knows.

And then spending the night in a former watermill in the middle of the fields.