Once upon a time my husband and I spent a year in France’s Loire Valley getting to know, among other features of French life, the region’s famous chateaux.There are many, and we visited each of them repeatedly at the request of the steady stream of friends who came to stay with us during our sojourn.
Popular among our guests were the grandeur and drama of Chambord, once the hunting lodge of King Francis I and the quirky beauty of Chenonceau, whose foundations cross the river Cher.
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