Chinon

 

After a busy two weeks in Paris we were looking forward to something quieter in the Loire Valley.  Chinon was a quaint medieval city that was very picturesque.

 



Chinon

Chinon

 

Chinon

Chinon main square

Streets of Chinon

Chinon shopfronts and houses

Streets of Chinon

Streets of Chinon

Chinon houses

Chinon houses

Streets of Chinon

Chinon houses

Chinon

Vienne River, Chinon

Vienne River, Chinon

Vienne River, Chinon

Vienne River, Chinon

Vienne River, Chinon

Vienne

Streets of Chinon

Streets of Chinon

Streets of Chinon

There are lots of beautiful avenues in the Loire Valley



Chinon

Chinon

Streets of Chinon







 

Streets of Chinon

Streets of Chinon

Chinon Flower Market

Which way Abbey?

This way ....

We stayed in Chinon in a very unusual apartment that was part of the Chinon Castle walls. To get to the apartment you had to walk up 51 steps in a narrow tower.









Our Chinon apartment





Our Chinon apartment



Our Chinon apartment

Our Chinon apartment



The tower up to our apartment

The best part of our apartment was the garden and the view over the chimney tops of Chinon.  

We loved the backyard of our Chinon apartment

View from our garden at night over Chinon

 

Looking over the Chinon rooftops from our garden





Looking over the Chinon rooftops from our garden



Looking over the Chinon rooftops from our garden

Looking over the Chinon rooftops from our garden

After spending weeks in apartments without any backyards, the kids relished having a garden to play in. 

Playing in our Chinon backyard

Playing in our Chinon backyard

Playing and relaxing in our Chinon backyard

Playing in our Chinon backyard

Playing in our Chinon backyard

We also had a number of meals outside where the kids decorated the table a la My Kitchen Rules and scored the meal out of 10!

Eating in our garden

Eating in our garden

Playing in our garden

 

Playing in our garden, Abbey's somersault

Playing in our garden

 

The girls also loved our own private access to the Chinon fortress

Our private access to the Chinon fortress

France is a country full of chimneys and the girls loved having this one in our apartment in Chinon.

Drying off in front of the fireplace.

France's skyline is dotted with chimney pots

We also did a bit of cooking in Chinon

Beef Bourguignon for dinner!