The Loire Valley

Chateau de Chenonceau

The gardens of Chenonceau

On saturday morning we left our hotel in Paris and went to Versailles. Then we had about a 2 hour bus ride down to Chenonceau, a beautiful chateau in the loire valley. The weather was warm and sunny, a big change from the rainy weather in Paris. Then after another 2 hours we arrived at Azay-le-Rideau, a quintessential french village.

We went to a little mom & pop pizza place and it was an interesting experience. At first the guys seemed mad that there were so many of us, but we soon found out that he was just overwhelmed because they had only one oven. We said that we didn’t mind waiting and so while the pizzas were baking he talked to us in French for like an hour. He told us all about his favorite french music and told us how he shot a deer from 200 meters away and the head was hanging on the wall. Someone tried to take a picture of him when he went back by the oven but he insisted that his wife be in the picture too. He kissed her just at the flash went off and said in bad English, “is french kiss”. Lol it was really cute. He was really easy to understand. I think because older people tend to speak slower than teenagers and use less slang.