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2017-07-15-16 - Villandry, Chenonceau, Balloon

After war memorials, we headed down the the Loire valley to see the chateaux, starting with Villandry and Chenonceau.
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  • Note the statue of St. Francis.
  • The ornamental garden.
  • The vegetable garden.
  • Overview of the library.
  • The vegetable garden room (named so because of the window on the left that has a grand view of the vegetable garden.
  • The moat bedroom - bedroom for Joachim Carvallo's wife Ann Coleman.
  • Paintings of 3 of the 6 Carvallo kids.
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  • Sacred art from their art collection.
  • Michael slaying Satan.
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  • Ceiling of the oriental drawing room. Ceiling came from the Maqueda ducal palace, built in the 15th century. It took a full year to reassemble the 3,600 separate pieces when brought over in 1905.
  • One of the kids' rooms.
  • Very old phonograph in the kid's room.
  • Close up of the phonograph.
  • Another view of the ornamental garden.
  • Model of the château.
  • Up to the top of the keep for a view of the gardens.
  • Another view of the ornamental garden.
  • Panorama of the Vegetable Garden with the Herb Garden in the background.
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