Mum and I walked down to the boulangerie to get deux pain au chocolat et un pain de noissette et un canadien pour le petit dejeuner! One of the best things about France would have to be the food, especially the pastries!
We caught a very nice taxi (dad scared the taxi driver by going to get into the drivers side because french cars are the opposite to Australian cars) to the Gare du Nord where we picked up our hire car – a Citroen Picasso. Then we drove out of Paris and towards the Loire Valley. If I thought narrow Brittish roads were scary, then driving in Paris on the wrong side of the road was beyond scary! But Dad managed to drive the whole way with out any problems!
We had baguettes et fromage pour le dejeuner – trés bien! We ate lunch by the la Loire river in Blois.
Blois.
Some very french sunflowers! The French country side is absolutely beautiful!
We had some Bierre, vin et limonade en Onzain. Onzain is a lovely french country village.
At our cabin at Demaine de Seillac.
The Chateau which is the main building at Demaine de Seillac.
We had the barbecue (with a lot of meat) at the Demaine de Seillac where we are staying. It is really good being somewhere with a few less tourists, and it is a fun challenge for us all as everyone speaks a lot less English here!
Tara.
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Well you won’t have any trouble with the language, I’m sure. Good on Dad with the driving. All looks really beautiful. LOL xxxx
So you’re eating Canadians for breakfast now!
Are you sure your whole tour is not just a food fest? The pastries, and French foods generally, look delish. Top effort with the driving, Gerard, after a shaky start for the taxi driver. I hope you can make yourself understood OK, Tara. Do you find that the French are hard to understand because they speak so quickly? Keep on enjoying.