The month of October, so far, has been absolutely wonderful. The weather has for the most part been superb, the last week or so especially clear and sunny, although a bit cold. There are many lovely places for a stroll in the direct vicinity of where we live near the river in Orleans, and even more, we are discovering, not far away. The photos above were taken in a nice recreation area just off the river near where we live.
On another day, we went to see Chambord chateau and the town of Blois. Our son Robert is on a water polo team that often plays in Blois. Last Saturday, we went to see the famous chateau and
then went to Blois to see his match. A photo of the inside of the Blois piscine (pool), with the water polo team being addressed by the coach at halftime is above. Robert is on the farthest right of the group of players and seems a bit chagrined at this point.
A couple of nice views of Blois can be seen below - one of the chateau right in the center of town and the other of the Loire next to Blois.
Yesterday, we went to see another, smaller chateau in the city of Meung sur Loire. This one was decked out in halloween garb, and you can see one picture from the inside where Maggie (known as 'Maguy' to many of our french friends) has apparently taken 'fright.' Then we went outside where she saw the very unscary ponies.
All of the pictures can be seen more clearly because they will enlarge if you double click on them, by the way.
