Location: Chateau de Breuil in Cheverny, France. Save...
Château Royal de Blois
Location: Château Royal de Blois, Blois, France. Save...
Chateau de Chambord
Location: Chateau de Chambord, Chambord, France. Save...
Chateau Chenonceau
Location: Chateau Chenonceau, Chenonceau, France. Save...
Chateau de Brézé
Location: Château de Brézé, Brézé, France. Save...
Chateau Villandry
Chateau Villandry in Villandry, France has a lovely castle, but you really visit Villandry for its home. The Loire Valley has so many outstanding chateaus, this one does not compete. But what Chateau Villandry has in spades is absolutely...
Chateau de Fontaine Henry
Location: Chateau de Fontaine Henry in Courseulles-sur-mer, France. Save...
Chateau Richeux Redux
Would you drive four hours for a millefeuille? Mr. Misadventures would. Last October when we landed at Charles de Gaulle we rented a car and drove an hour to stay at Les Jardins d’epicure. It allowed us to make...
French Friday – Leonardo da Vinci
This past week Mr. Misadventures and I were watching an episode of Des racines et des ailes (roots and wings) which we recorded from TV5, our only source of French TV. It is our favorite show because we love...
French Friday – Revisit Les Jardins d’Epicure
Weekend escape from Paris Need to escape the hustle and bustle of Paris? To forget ‘metro-boulot-dodo’ for 24 to 48 hour? Peace and tranquility can be yours without traveling far. Just 45 minutes north of Paris in Bray-et-Lû, ‘Les...
Misadventures in France 2010 – Part 5
One of the unadvertised benefits of Chateau Richeux’s (where we checked during Part 4) location is that it is right on the a coastal trail that allows you to walk for miles to either town in either direction. Part...
Misadventures in France 2010 – Part 4
We woke up gently, packed our things and headed out to the coast for a gentle journey to our next destination, Le Chateau Richeux in Saint-Méloir-des-Ondes (near Mont St. Michel and Cancale). The idea was that driving down the...