Commentüs on: Wednesday Window: Château de Chambord

By: Leesa

Leesa — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 10:37:39 +0000

Beautiful… BREATHTAKING!!! One of my all-time FAVOURITE chateaux!
Happy b-lated 4th and Happy Bastille Day to you!!! I just found your blog
when I saw your picture on my blog!! Hehe… I am back-tracking!! Great stuff..
WIll look around some more… Take care, Leesa

By: kenju

kenju — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 19:14:15 +0000

You are so lucky to live in a country where such magnificent buildings are common sights.

By: claudecf

claudecf — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 16:49:35 +0000

It seems that the whole world except myself know about Chambord liqueur!!! :))

By: Kay Dennison

Kay Dennison — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 16:45:24 +0000

The Chateau is magnificent! And I do enjoy a sip of Chambord now & again.

By: Terri

Terri — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 16:20:21 +0000

I’ll be darn….You’re French and had never heard of Chambord liqueur. But you know….It’s NOT that easy to find at the cafe’s in Paris.
“I” first found it about 4 years ago…when I was cleaning out my aunt’s home in the Boston area. Found the bottle, decided to try a bit and loved it! Nice for sipping. She was French, so I wasn’t surprised she had a bottle of that….lol

By: claudecf

claudecf — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 09:42:34 +0000

@ SablonneuseI didn’t even try to get in the Château, as I had visited Chenonceau the day before. But you can walk around the grounds for free. And get pretty good views of the castle

By: Sablonneuse

Sablonneuse — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 08:39:50 +0000

Your lovely photos of the chateau brought back memories of taking the children to the Loire when they were quite small. I don’t know if the system is still the same but you couldn’t look round unless you were with a guided tour (in French only) so after several days my daughter declared “If I see another tapestry I’ll scream!”

We both thoroughly enjoyed the 500 portraits - fascinating.

By: claudecf

claudecf — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 08:03:26 +0000

At the moment, fewer and fewer medicines are on the list to be paid for by the insurance, they are planning a sum that you would have to pay anyway (at the moment it’s 1 euro per visit to the doctor’s, but I think they are planning much more). Anyway, the way it goes now, is that if you have money you get good healthcare, if you don’t, then too bad. It’s not as ideal as it may sound.

By: Joared

Joared — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 07:04:51 +0000

That chateau is a staggeringly impressive sight. Oh, the stories there must be associated with its history.

As for your insurance program in France, whatever do they plan to do to rectify your system? Makes me apprehensive about the kind of system that might be adopted in this country and how we would insure having a system that would not go bankrupt, too. Of course, the one we have is so sadly lacking.

By: Chancy

Chancy — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 19:37:18 +0000

And a Happy Bastille Day to you on July 14.

We were in Paris one year during the celebration and the fireworks near the Louvre were spectacular from our balcony of Le Hotel Bristol.