This weekend went by super quickly. On Saturday morning Mamie, Hallie, Joel and I woke up early to go to Chenonceau. It is one of the smallest castles ever but it is also one of the most BEAUTIFUL. If you look at my fb album you can see pictures of it. They might seem gloomy from the outside but it was raining. We plan to go back in the Spring when it is sunny outside.
We took the train from Tours to Chenonceau which is about 20 minutes. There were barely any people there, it was awesome. We saw all of the castle in a very short amount of time. I love it though, I think it's going to be one of my favorite castles I visit. The rest are just so big and you can't appreciate it all because it's so overwhelming. My favorite part of this castle is that it's in a river...I mean WHO IN THE WORLD decides to build a castle IN a river?! It's amazing, I love it.
There is a huge history about this castle. I will post the link because it will be easier to post it and have you read it than me typing it all and misinforming you all.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Château_de_Chenonceau
We walked through the gardens but it was very quick because it was raining outside and the umbrella's weren't big enough for more than one person. We walked through the maze and then headed back for the train. We were a little early so we waited in the gift shop for a little bit and then decided to into the town of Chenonceau and find something to eat. This isn't even a town.. it's a small village. haha We found a boulangerie (bakery type place) and had some sandwiches and dessert. I had a "cigare de chocolat" I was like a big lady finger type of breading wrapped like a taco with chocolate and almonds on the inside. It was good but I probably wouldn't have it again.
Our train left at 1:33pm but then when we checked again Hallie said it left at 1:53pm so at 1:30ish we headed down to the train station. We saw the train arrive and we started running towards it but it left right when we got to it. The next train didn't leave for another THREE hours. We waited outside for about 10 minutes and froze so we went back to the gift store and played games on our cell phones.. told stories..luckily time flew by so then we got on our correct train and made it home. :) We were soaking wet and my feet were freezing so then I crawled into bed. It was lovely.
Saturday night we all wanted to go out to a disco/club that Aaron had found on Thursday night (when we all split up). We ended up going to the bar we always go to and then we got home at around 2:30am. It was a long day.
Sunday was definitely a day of rest and lots of water drinking.
ilya!!
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