Your photos of Chenonceau are gorgeous! We were there on a grey rainy day and even though the effect was still magical, it wasn’t nearly as stunning as your recent visit. How fortunate you are to be able to ride your bikes along the river Cher.
As for going up in a balloon, you could do a trial run in the tethered balloon in the Andre Citroen Park. You’re only up in the air for about 10 minutes.
Fraussie
August 18th, 2012 at 6:20 pm
We have been so lucky with the weather this week! That’s a good idea about the trial run in the tethered balloon. I’ll have to think about it!
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Your photos of Chenonceau are gorgeous! We were there on a grey rainy day and even though the effect was still magical, it wasn’t nearly as stunning as your recent visit. How fortunate you are to be able to ride your bikes along the river Cher.
As for going up in a balloon, you could do a trial run in the tethered balloon in the Andre Citroen Park. You’re only up in the air for about 10 minutes.
We have been so lucky with the weather this week! That’s a good idea about the trial run in the tethered balloon. I’ll have to think about it!
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[…] my favourites and is definitely among the top ten châteaux in the Loire. In recent years, we’ve cycled along the path on the opposite side several times and taken some wonderful photos of outside but we haven’t […]
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