ANYWAY, Loire Valley. Sunday.
We went to a wine tasting at Chateau Nitray
We took a group shot
That picture is clickable, so you can actually see the people in it.
We saw the pigeon house
apparently pigeons were a sign of wealth. Who knew? PS that ladder thing the guy is on? Yeah, it totally spins. Sweet.
Saw some wine making stuff
Basket press, tour guide, creepy mannequin thing
Lia and I took a picture on top of the arch
Aaaand I bought three bottles of wine. I bought two bottles of a sweet white that we tasted, one for when the twins visit and one to bring home, and a bottle of Brut that I didn't taste, but it was cheap and I liked all the other wines I tasted there so whatevs.
The last chateau was Chambord, which was amazing. I didn't get any pictures from the front (who knows why) so I had to steal one:
INSANE
Double helix staircase: two spiral staircases intertwined
Looking up through the center of the double helix staircase (there was obviously a crazy bright light at the top)
Looking down the center of the staircase
Exterior spiral staircases
Old school deerblind? Inside the chateau? I mean, it was a hunting lodge...
This entire room was covered in antlers, it was amazing
To give an idea of scale, here is my friend Kiersten in front of one of the walls. The rooms were huuuge
So I didn't get a legit photo of the front of the chateau, but I did get a picture in front of this weird cutout thing
Crazy details
Yet another thing we should implement at Fife Lake: trophy gallery. Ridiculous.
And as usual, here is the slideshow and the Flickr link
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