At around noon, we catch a bus out to see Chambord, constructed under the reign of François Ier. Supposedly, the central spiral staircase was designed by DaVinci. Chambord goes way beyond my basic mental image of a castle. It is unbelievable. We start our visit off right with a picnic. That morning at the market in Blois, we found a really nice Brie--very mild, not gooey or stinky (don't get me wrong--I LOVE a good stinky cheese), but what was lacking in the strength of the cheese itself was made up for by the integration of cracked pepper in the rind. Yummy.
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