Wednesday July 23rd

Another day, another chateau or two. It was looking like rain but we were charging out there anyway. Besides, if it did rain we might as well be looking at the insides of one of France's finest.

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Chateau d'Azay-le-Rideau

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And you all know I'm a sucker for these.

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The rain looked like it would lift so part of the group planned to walk across town to another chateau. JM and I had our fill of big old houses so we headed home. We had noticed on our way up in the morning a lot of bicycles displayed on the roadside.

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By the time we got home the sky had cleared so I headed out to find sunflowers or something to photograph. There were four or five villages within a ten mile radius. Should be something to see there. 

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The clear skies brought out the pool hounds.

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And again we dined under a clear blue sky with perfect temps. Another fine day with family, friends, and fabulous food in France.  _8504251