The pictures below were taken while staying in the Loire Valley area during June of 2004.  Our home base was Amboise where we could drive very short distances to see the beautiful chateaus that are near the Loire River. 

If you haven't read the story of our trip to France this year you can read it here.

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Amboise	Amboise City View
Amboise - Loire River	Beauregard
Beauregard Portraits	Beauregard Woodwork
Chambord	Chambord Hunting Tournament
Chambord Park Area	Path Leading To Chambord
Chambord Viewing Area	Chambord Side View
Chambord Stonework	Chambord tapestry in bedroom.
Another Chambord viewing area.
Chaumont	Chaumont poster bed.
Derek and Chris outside Chaumont.	Derek, Chris, and Steffanie in Chaumont garden area.
Chenonceau	Chenonceau garden area.
Cheverny	Cheverny china cabinet.
Cheverny flower room.	Cheverny elegant room.
Cheverny sitting room.
Da Vinci's Le Clos Luce	Le Clos Luce tapestry.
Steffanie, Derek, Steve, and Chris at Chateau de le Barre.	John and Jacqui at Chateau de la Barre (very nice folks we met)
John and Jacqui with Michel (the Chateau's owner and fabulous chef).	Michel, Chris, and Steve at Chateau de la Barre.

Be sure and check out our pictures in the Normandy area here.