Interior of the staircase at Blois castle. Why don't we make stairs like this one (twisting and turning, seemingly more baroque than renaissance) anymore??
Together in front of Château Cheverny! It was c-c-cold. the umbrellas are not for the rain but the snow!
Moi et mon tiramisu!
Château de Blois with its famous Renaissance stairs dating from the 16th century.
The Loire River!
Château in Amboise!
...and cake from a typical French boulangerie!
We found the souvenir shop inside of the biggest tower!
I could picture myself living in this tower...
...I wouldn't need any of the rest of the castle!
No, no photoshoping here, I promise!
Well, Paris do have generally expensive hotels, but to camp a couple of hundred meters from the Eiffel Tower, in the smallest parc ever and in the middle of winter seems a little extreme to me...
Pizza oven?
Who wouldn't want to have one of these at home?
Chenonceau is built like a bridge across the river Cher.
La cuisine à Château Chenonceau
I think all handles from now on should end like this one!
Yes, indeed it did: Château Chenonceau!
My trained architect eye directly found these drawings of Château Chenonceau...
Paris, oh, que je t'aime!
Winter in Paris. On Monday France hit a new record in energy consuming when temperature went down to -8 degrees C and snow had fallen all day...
Le Corbusier's student housing at Cité Universitaire covered in snow.
So... what to do in Paris a free (well... almost atleast) Sunday?
I'll give you a clue: The first Sunday of every month it's free entrance!
Yes, you were right, visit the Louvre of course!
Every first Sunday of the month all state owned museum's in Paris, I would guess there's a hundred or so, have free entrance fees, yippi!
