Mel & I caught the train (with difficulty, thanks to rail strikes) into the country for a couple of days; stayed the first night in Tours and the second in Blois. The old quarter in Tours was really pretty with narrow alleys & looming buildings (the ones with the beams on the outside... I don´t know the name of the architecture!) and the town of Blois was nice but we were staying in the outskirts in a housing estate type hostel... we were happy to get out of there! Note to selves yet again, book more than a day in advance! We keep saying that, then putting it off.
We saw the Chateau de Chambord while we were here, which was set up as a hunting lodge but has a ridiculous 77 staircases and 282 fireplaces! It has the clever double-helix staircase which may or may not have been inspired by Da Vinci.
We also had lots of fun in the Magic House of Houdin (the magician who Houdini named himself after.) There were mirrors and optical illusions to play with, a magic show to watch and some original props of Houdin. He was a clock-maker, inventor, illusionist and then magician, and all of this is set up in his old mansion in the middle of Blois.
We saw the Chateau de Chambord while we were here, which was set up as a hunting lodge but has a ridiculous 77 staircases and 282 fireplaces! It has the clever double-helix staircase which may or may not have been inspired by Da Vinci.
We also had lots of fun in the Magic House of Houdin (the magician who Houdini named himself after.) There were mirrors and optical illusions to play with, a magic show to watch and some original props of Houdin. He was a clock-maker, inventor, illusionist and then magician, and all of this is set up in his old mansion in the middle of Blois.
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