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<\/a>\nIt’s ceilings are way too high. It has dozens of fireplaces in the rooms and halls. And it turns out that it was never really completed or used. The only one who stayed for any length of time, was grateful to leave after 8 years of mosquitoes in the summer, and cold drafty rooms in the winter. <\/p>\n
Now from here to Basel will be entirely new for us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" … didn’t keep the doctor away, but the doc Jon saw this morning did prescribe seeing more Chateaus. Speaking of which, have we told you about the French medical system? Our first visit several weeks ago cost $0, with a … Continue reading <\/a>
\nWe did enjoy the double staircase, which may have been designed by DaVince.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nAfter Chambord, we have returned to our daily cycling pattern and rode the rest of the way to Orleans. This was our first city on the Loire in 2005, so we have now covered the section of the river which we have bicycled before. But it’s interesting to note that we only repeated the same route about 10% of the distance, Angers and Orleans were the only repeated cities that we stated in, and Villandry, Chenonceau, and Chambord were the only Chateaus we saw again. It was almost like an entirely new trip, and there are still many other places we could visit on the next tour. <\/p>\n