From Brittney, Marlene and I drove into the Loire Valley to visit Chenonceaux, the 16th century the home of French King Henry II's mistress Diane de Poitiers. When Henry IInd died in 1559, his wife, Catherine de Medici expelled Diane and forced Catherine forced Diane to trade it for another chateau. All very messy and much like a soap opera....
Here we are on the path that leads to the River Cher over which...
...spans Chenonceaux, the chateau.
This is the de Poitier garden. On the other side there is the de Medici garden. The whole complex has an arboretum and beautiful parkland. Bonus, we arrived after 5PM and it was uncrowded. Bummer, it was overcast.
Why the picture of this door?
Turns out that the River Cher was the border between Occupied France (north) and Free France (south) during WWII. Therefore this door and gallery was used to shuttle people back and forth between the two parts of France.
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