Just love markets, French style. There's all the fresh fruits and vegetables, and lots of meats, fish cheese all in refrigerated trailers. They are perfectly set up for the market culture. Markets here in Fontainebleau are Tues, Thurs and Sunday mornings, and probably in nearby villages on other days. There's also nuts, olives, bread, clothes, shoes etc etc etc.
Really wanted to buy some food for another picnic, but we don't have a fridge. And we were off to the chateau next.
Wow, wow, wow. It is massive. Original construction occurred in 1100s, but it has been added to by various kings and emperors since then.
In Turkey, walls and ceilings were lined with ceramic tiles. So many tiles, and patterns. Here walls are covered with tapestries. Huge tapestries. Such over the top opulence.
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| The throne room. |
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| How's this for a bedroom. Private (bed) space is defined by the low balustrade. Not sure why there are so many chairs/stools in the rest of the room. |
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| Uneven sided chairs - so that warmth from nearby fire could warm you, and high side so warmth didn't escape. |
It was the most amazing audio/video guide we have seen yet, although to be honest, haven't taken up the offer of these so much in this trip. Ones we have used previously have numbered guides on some displays, push relevant numbers on keypad to get audio. Not this one. It was obviously an iPod Touch with camera. So look for display panel in a room, scan the symbol to bring up the guide, audio and visuals. Neat!
I think there about 1500 rooms in the chateau, but our tour only took in the second floor. Some areas closed off, but it still took us around 3 hours. Private guided tours took in other areas, but it was enough for us, and a good place to be in the rain.
Monday we went for a walk.... To a nearby village, and back via a forest track.
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| The double entry on one point was to find a geocache. Not because we were lost! |
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| Breakfast. A baguette in the park, on a rather damp bench! |
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| 8 tracks lead away from this point. Which one will we take? Lost the yellow markers ages ago! So pleased we had a SIM card for the iPad! |
Although it was cloudy most of the day, there was no rain..... until about 5 minutes after we arrived back in Fontainebleau. And did it rain!! Amazing.
Later that night there was a fireworks display.... for St Luke's Day. Nice finish to a fantastic day.
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