Château de Saumur

On our way toward the hotel we passed more brown signs denoting a historic site. We drove uphill to see this big castle dating from around 1000 AD. It was in the hands of the Plantagenet Kings of England for many years. Later it was used as a prison during the French Revolution. It seems that every old castle or church we saw on this trip was a prison during that turbulent period of French history.

Day Ten - Looking for Troglodytes but Nothing is Open on Sunday

December 30th 2012
Since checking into this wonderful little hotel the very attentive hosts had asked us on numerous occasions whether we wanted to take breakfast in the morning (for an extra charge). We kept telling them "no, merci", but they just smiled and said we could change our mind in the morning. We didn't. At this point in our journey I had decided we were getting maybe a little too crazy with our money ... read more

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