Austin 2015
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Instead of daily emails that get lost, here is a new way for us to update the family and friends on our adventures
Read More: Instead of daily emails that get lost, here is a new way for us to update the family and friends on our adventuresThe last couple trips we’ve sent out emails. It started as a note to the boys but grew as other family members and friends wanted in on the fun. The hope is to track our daily activities and share the joy we find as we explore this wonderful world we live on.
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Chinon
Today we visited the town of Chinon on the River Vienne. Chinon was the favourite dwelling place of Henri II Plantagenet and his wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine. Joan of Arc arrived in Chinon in 1429 claiming to hear heavenly voices telling her that Charles VII, the French dauphin, would give her an army to neutralize…
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Tours to Loire Valley
We bid a last adieu to Eric (again!) this morning. We left him at his orientation picnic in Tours and headed deeper into the Loire Valley to continue our oenotourism! We stopped for lunch and a wine tasting at Chateau de Miniere, a women-run winery in the country where we had a lesson on the…
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Amboise
The second week of our trip will be just the two of us, exploring the Loire Valley, touring several 17th C chateaux and tasting lots of wine. The Loire is the longest river in France. It officially separates France into north and south regions. The river was the farthest point the Moors conquered as they…
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