Took Sunday off and caught a local bus from Nemours on the Canal de Loing to Fontainebleau to check out the chateau.
The chateau is in the middle of the town of Fontainebleau in the middle of the forest of Fontainebleau about 80km south of Paris. It was built in the 17C by Francois 1 as a weekender where he and his mate could go and do a bit of hunting. Guess a few chicks were also invited along to round off the weekend.
The place has been altered a bit over the years, Catherine de Medici had a go (in fact there is hardly a chateau she had not redecorated) and Napolean 1 did his bit. Surprisingly it survived the French Revolution. Anyway we had a great day out and the town had one of the best markets we have encountered. Being Sunday, entry to the chateau was free.
As you can see Lynda was totally knocked out by the Fontainebleau and had to take a rest.
Once inside she was impressed even more and insisted I take a series of photographs with the aim of upgrading Lydfrord Close. The master bedroom.
The new look for our dining room.
The proposed new roof line.
And finally what building would be complete without an impressive entry statement?.This should add a bit of class to Lydford Close
3 comments:
I'm glad that though you are still keeping such a rigourous schedule, you can still take a day here and there to "smell the roses".
Although it looks like a bit of a busman's holiday - nothing more than a research trip for the big renovation!
CU soon we hope!
Bull Shit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's Cold Here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We'll be in Borneo from the 24th of July to the 4th of August.
What are you doing on the 6th - 13th of September as we have a house on Fraser Island.
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