We finished up Paris by giving our whole last day to Versailles (which we were both honestly disappointed by, at least concerning the chateau - the gardens are spectacular and huge and we were very envious of the people who were exploring them on bikes.) By the evening we were in Loches with Maury and Gail (family friends from Emily's church) and a lovely little bevvy of their other house-guests. On Saturday we went to Loches' amazing twice-weekly market and got the best raspberries in the whole world (unanimously agreed upon within our group of eight world-travelers), and then went on to spend the last couple days touring the most beautiful chateaus in the surrounding countryside (all > Versailles). To round out the weekend we went to a wine-tasting, which included a tour and explanation of the wine-making process. That means we got to go under the mountain the vineyard is on, into the caves where the wine is stored. It was extra-cool and informative, and we'll post pictures tomorrow if we can get the computer to work! (Pics to follow of the other things above as well.)
(In other news I am the Queen of Parenthesis -Emily)
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