I first heard the name of France, who crossed from most people is the Eiffel tower, kingdom, castle, arts and many other things associated with wealth will sejarahya.
Eight years I lived there as one of the guides at the castle of Blois. But eight years was not enough time to be able to uncover the wealth of the castle there.
This summer we decided to get to know the middle and northern France to our children. We intentionally chose to central and northern regions because the regions we live in the heat of southern France have started to make this body was burnt tourists and too dense to make dizzy head. So we decided to slightly cool the air to cool area of the body before the welcome arrival of Ramadan, the energy content of reckoning for the month of fasting later.
Val de Loire became one of our objectives. Why? Because in this region is not only one or two relics of the imperial castles of France, but so rich in cultural heritage, castle, royal parks, rivers and forests. Property owned this area make a note as a Unesco world heritage area.
We only stayed two nights at the Val de Loire, time is very quick indeed to be able to uncover the wealth of this region. Because approximately 50 imperial relics of the castle is worth a visit, the royal parks, forests with thousands of unusual plants we see everyday.
A friend who had eight years of living in this area said, “Eight years I lived there, even working as a guide at the castle of Blois. But eight years was not enough to be able to uncover the wealth of the castle there.”
So you can imagine we are only staying two nights! Of the dozens of castles three castles became our choice. Château (castle) de Chambord, Château de Blois and the Château de Cheverny.
Château de Chambord
Château de Chambord be the first choice we came because we knew is a guide there. But because we came with our children then we do visit selected by our acquaintances, visits to education for children.
Guide that provides a visit to our party wearing the costume of a woman who cooks the 16th century. How to apply a very interesting introduction for children. I was surprised to see how kids are so eager to answer or ask each time asking the guide or explain something to them.
Château Chambord castle listed in UNESCO as world heritage. This castle is one of the great works of Leonard de Vinci. Has a double staircase which is an open secret in the century. The castle is composed of 440 rooms and is surrounded by 5500 hectares of parks and also a small river that flows between them. Show imperial era are often held here for the public and often free. The duration of the visit about 1 hour 30 minutes and there is a translator tool in 13 languages. Indonesian certainly not included …
Since that day we had just arrived from our trip, then a castle already made us very tired. So we choose to spend our evenings with friends at his home enjoying the grilled lamb leg cooked with vegetables a la french is ratatouille. New midnight we returned to our inn, the little Bazile since we started eating, she had dreamed so tired.
Château de Blois
Day two at the Val de Loire, we decided to visit the Château de Blois Château Ceverny morning and afternoon. Blois is the capital of Loir et Cher in central France. According to some people, when it comes to this area without visiting the castle of Blois tantamount to come to Paris without seeing the Eiffel tower.
Château de Blois in the 15th century, 16 and 17 is a favorite residence of the kings of France. Such a magnificent castle has a charming staircase with four wings with a different style of French architects in that era. Non kingdom filled with beautiful furniture and decorated with b