Amboise - Loire Valley
Weekend trip - 1.5 hours on fast train from Paris
Just got back from our lovely weekend away.
What an adventure...
It's friday afternoon and I had everything packed for us to leave as soon as James finished work. We get to the train all ready to go and Sienna is like " Im hungry". Of course you are child, you always are. So I reached into my bag to find that the cut up carrots and apples weren't in there. I had forgotten them! So we only had little cakes and water for snacks. Great I thought, all that work in preparing a healthy snack for her and I left it at home.
We then arrive in this gorgeous town and there are no cars to rent and the Taxis aren't working... great! So there is 5 people who own Taxis and they work on their own time. Finally, we got thru to one and got to the hotel. Only about an hour later. We would have walked but the hotel was 40 min away up a hill. Then, we get to the hotel the best in town - Novotel Amboise and they are full for dinner...Not one table. Ok! and there was no point in trying for a taxi as that was useless last time and we were starving. So we walked up and down hills for 30 min to get to the city centre. James carried Sienna all the way there and back, poor thing.
So that was day 1, then Saturday, day 2, we got up early had breakfast and thought ok lets just walk to the city as we had walked the night before. Getting ready for the day and I realise I had forgotten my make-up, great I thought! Our first trip with a proper camera and no make-up. So I had to get over that or as James suggested we will just go to the Pharmacy and buy some. Sienna said the frog took my make-up, no idea why she thought that, but we rolled with it. So finally we are out the door.
Plan for the day:
Chateau d'Amboise
Leonardo Da Vince house
We get to the Chateau d'Amboise and I'm so exited its so beautiful and I tell James to get the camera and take some pics. Only to find out that I forgot to put the battery in it after it was charged. Seriously!! Im such a scatterbrain! I try to do too many things at once and Im the worst packer!
We had to laugh and that was the end of our bad luck. Three things!
I ended up taking some pics with my phone.
Chateau d'Amboise
Leonardo Da Vinci's Tomb
The view of the city
Solar System on wheels
Sienna was highly disappointed she didn't see any princess in the castles.
Leonardo Da Vinci
last residence
Sienna a little tired
Leonardo's girlfriends room
Leonardo's bedroom
Here are some interesting facts I learnt about Leonardo Da Vinci, not only was he famous for Mona Lisa
He invented about 40 machines, that were later produced by IBM using the materials of the time.
Car
Tank
Paddle boat
He also created 3D.
We then walked around the gardens for hours, they were just amazing.
It was such a beautiful day, we had the best time.
We then went back to the hotel to get ready for dinner, we made reservations this time ;-).
The End
