Russian Bare Free Immage

13: to Chenonceaux

leave at 4 / 8 cloud cover we pretty castle and come to an hour in Chenonceaux ( book page 26 ) that puts us first in shock: Here, mass tourism is announced.
Chenonceau - Wikipedia - (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schloss_Chenonceau)
http://www.br-online.de/freizeit/querbeet/gaerten/chenonceaux.html




close together are the mobile homes on the free-space Ü (*) at the castle, with only a small alley is released. If a parking lot here for us have become free, but by the length of Hymermobil it would not be possible to park. We drive to the end of the large parking lot that is designated for mobile homes, and actually find a nice place, but not on asphalt:



Here the campers (most in the higher price range) not so closely as close to the castle entrance:



is now waiting announced, since before the ticket booth has a huge queue formed:



Finally we have our tickets. After the entrance to the castle to run the many tourists. The avenue



opens to a magnificent view of the castle and one of the two gardens.


panoramic image


long ago, that I have a plate of this kind have seen:



maximum interest: The lawn must indeed be protected from the massive influx of tourists,



but the castle itself, the crowd snaps, with or without flash, not that anyone from the supervisory staff caring.

TIP: The best view in the morning at the castle over the River Cher, if you go left at the castle along the river until the end of the garden of Diane de Poitiers leave, then a Zugbrücklein the garden. At the corner of the garden outside, we have a view of the river, the castle and boats you can rent near the castle.







seen from the castle looks like the garden of Diane de Poitiers this:



on the panoramic image from the balcony of the palace can be seen even 2 of the gardens, next to the garden of Catherine de Medici:



panoramic views of the garden of Diane de Poitiers:





anyone who respects great numbers has: In the spring and summer, the flower decoration renewed. In this case 130.000 plants are used again, which are grown in the vegetable garden (next paragraph).

Behind the medieval farm a big surprise to gardeners: it is not just ornamental gardens on the castle grounds, the taste of the time accordingly, but also a large kitchen garden with unusual plants, many of which are also visually hermachen something



The flower and vegetable garden is located behind the old farm from the 16th Century. get



To all the plants in good condition, well, a number of full-time gardeners are employed employing:



Next to the kitchen garden a lonely donkey. According to the brochure enclosed grounds of the "dog park" is. With "park" the meadow is well known, because I've never seen so much space for a single donkey seen.

four hours we have used for the lock, and so we retreat into our Hymer Mobil, in order to draw strength for the also held sound and light show (son-et-lumière). But the rain makes us a spanner in the works:



this attraction, we move to the next time

*) Not to place OB: There are no V / E .
pushes in the rain in a camper next to us. After some time, we noted that the RV is not responsible for the engine makes. We mean it, that we - are threatening to suffocate slowly - after half an hour directly in the exhaust smell because the smoke penetrates gradually into the interior of our Hymer motorhome. He switched off the engine. After some time it disappears, not without leaving a pool of hot water. Although not really clear whether this is from him or was already there and now because of the heavy rain once again emerging from the ground. Benefit of the doubt, as the French say.

With a wistful glance, I see my large CD collection that I've taken to bridge such a rainy hours with pleasant music. Sorry, no CD can be played because of the radios built-in CD player's record is not "eat" will. After a while I realize that a CD inserted in the device that does not remove is. Well, again I have a new tip for people who rent a mobile home: people see, you not only the possible damage to the motorhome outside, but also tests the consumer electronics, which is also the possibly existing satellite system included. Our TV reception is excellent, the bowl automatically positioned and 1001 TV channels at our disposal, except for the much-needed weather channel. Did I say TV? This is possible, unfortunately not in this far corner of the OB course, since we are under trees, which are preventing the satellite. Sure, if we would focus on television, we would only need to change the place. But here is one flat and the night is quiet. Since we do not just on the telly ...

... and deal with the Navi. It suggests different routes to get home from 912 miles in 13 hours (highway, Route fast, no toll) to 881 km in 13 hours ( optimal route, highway, no tolls ). Funny, is that the setting "optimal route, highway permit, toll" 3 kilometers longer and just as long. As we whistle but to pay the toll and take the shorter route!