Tourist day. The châteaux disappoints. Only open in the afternoon has become an exhibition hall. Overgrown moat.

Two of the big ones tomorrow. Amboise and Blois.

The Loire bisects the city. Old part in the south. Charming. The newer commercial city like most other large cities. Many bridges much traffic and excellent bike paths everywhere.

The cathedral does not disappoint. Highly ornamented. not as large as the ones on Leon or Pamplona.

Les Halles a large indoor market. High quality with some samples but no place to sit and eat or even to buy some and picnic at a table. Strictly for shopping. The building, new, was once, 6th century part of a basilica to St.Martin. a very large basilica with now just a tower of Charlemagne remaining.

A grand monoprix with soups and…. Pain aux raisins. Still the best,for me.
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Dinner. A close call between monoprix and ….. Fruits de mer won.

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