Inside the National Museum of Natural History.
We took a nighttime walk to see Chateau de Chenonceau and its gardens all a lit.
Amboise, where Leonardo da Vinci wished to be buried, only a fifth of the original castle remains due to its systematic destruction.
The chapel where da Vinci bones now lie, the original church, a couple meters closer to the castle, was destroyed so his bones were moved into here.
This is his grave.
This is actually his house where he spent the last couple years of his life. In the gardens there were 3D models of da Vinci's plans.
This is inside a cave we visited where they grow mushrooms naturally. That's where the good restaurants buy their mushrooms from.
The castle Azay-Le-Rideau.
Villandry, renowned for its gardens. We didn't go inside the castle.
A overlook of part of the gardens.
And the castle Blois, built in four different styles of architecture.
9 comments:
omg those mazes look awesome!!!
that looks so exciting! wow! i put your blog in my favorites, hehe
~jennifer
Great castles. Great pictures. I wish I were there. I remember seeing Chambord in 1984.
wow. lots of castles.
and 77 staircases, 426 rooms, and 282 fireplaces? holy crap!
i never knew where Da Vinci lived/was buried or anything... cool
ditto for sophia's comment too- do ya think i could've seen over the edges?
the mazes shes talking about were just box hedges you werent allow to step inside them and they are only about knee high, the maze cant be seen and it was a little shorter then my height
that stinkies! ur pics made it look like they were real big mazes! waaa ive always wanted to go through a maze thats not knee high
gargh no one ever posts on here anymore!
I can't wait to see more pictures. You must have taken some of Arles and its surroundings by now. What about beautiful Carmargue?
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