A day in Chinon

 The weather has been cool, cloudy and breezy. Thus, don't necessarily believe that it will be warm!

We arrived in Chinon around 4 o'clock, as usual. Our place is a three bedroom apartment on one of the old streets in town.  We have a very nice table where I can spread out with my iPad and various shopping treasures.  The treasures today from the Chateau of Chinon included the book on Chateaux (on the table, describing not only the Chateau of Chinon, but also the Sleeping Beauty Chateau that we will see tomorrow), a Fleur de Lys necklace for Mimi, a book in French on Joan of Arc, various postcards of Joan of Arc, a book of maps of the Middle Ages).  We had sandwiches up at the Chateau from a boulangerie and two tarts, one of a fruit I do not know, but so yummy, and one of pomme with a wine reduction sauce, very yummy.  For dinner I made reservation at La Table de Jeanne. I had coq au vin (not that great, good to know) and Opa had a fish dish, very beautiful and  yummy.  Too much wine, how much is too much? ; )

Our dinners

The diorama of what remains of the Chinon Chateau

Lots of stairs

Taking a break, there was a break in the clouds and I basked in the sun.

A view from the top of the keep.

What the Chateau looked like at its height...the different colors correspond to what was built when.

Walking up to the Chateau