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has a lot to do this week

20 places I want to go   32 places I've been
  2. 1. Marfa
    United States: Texas: West Texas
    1 cheer     		69 people
  3. 2. Big Bend National Park
    United States: Texas: West Texas: Trans-Pecos: Brewster County
    		132 people
  4. 3. Cancún
    Mexico: Quintana Roo
    2 cheers     		708 people
  5. 4. Costa Rica
    Central America And The Caribbean
    1 cheer     		3,282 people
  6. 5. Château De Chenonceau
    France: Pays de la Loire: Loire Valley
    		10 people
  7. 6. The Moon
    Outer Space: The Milky Way: Our Solar System: Earth Orbit
    		579 people
  8. 7. Mars
    Outer Space: The Milky Way: Our Solar System
    		213 people
  9. 8. Avalon
    Mythical/Fictional Places: Literature And Fiction
    		60 people
  10. 9. Magrathea
    Mythical/Fictional Places: Literature And Fiction
    		27 people
  11. 10. Camelot
    Mythical/Fictional Places: Literature And Fiction
    		65 people
  12. 11. Arrakis
    Mythical/Fictional Places: Literature And Fiction
    		13 people
  13. 12. Neverland
    Mythical/Fictional Places: Literature And Fiction
    		161 people
  14. 13. Xanth
    Mythical/Fictional Places: Literature And Fiction
    		7 people
  15. 14. World of Narnia
    Mythical/Fictional Places: Literature And Fiction
    		209 people
  16. 15. Pern
    Mythical/Fictional Places: Literature And Fiction
    		17 people
  17. 16. Rivendell
    Mythical/Fictional Places: Literature And Fiction: Arda: Middle-earth: Eriador
    		139 people
  18. 17. The Shire
    Mythical/Fictional Places: Literature And Fiction: Arda: Middle-earth: Eriador
    		119 people
  19. 18. Galveston
    United States: Texas: Galveston County
    		45 people
  20. 19. Rubber Rose Ranch
    Mythical/Fictional Places: Literature And Fiction
    		2 people
  21. 20. Mackinac Island
    United States: Michigan: Upper Peninsula
    		120 people

Recent entries

Mackinac Island, Upper Peninsula

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My friend K. posted a link in her LJ about it.

http://www.mackinacislandlilacfestival.com/

It looks wonderful…

over 4 years ago

Château De Chenonceau, Loire Valley

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A few years ago, I was google searching for garden plans or gardens or something like that, and found a picture of the gardens at Chenonceau. I looked up more photos of the chateau, and learned that it was a love nest of sorts for one of the kings of France (one of the Henris, but I don’t remember which one) and his mistress, Diane De Poitiers. She was an interesting character. Apparently, the chateau was a point of conflict between the wife and the mistress, both wanted to own it. It’s also called the “Chateau des Femmes”, or something like that,

because every major improvement or restoration was done by a woman. It was used during WWII as a field hospital, and at one point all the original windows got blown out during that war, too. Sad.

ANYWAY, then I found this website about travelling in the Loire Valley and touring the chateaux on horseback! That sounded so fabulous. If I found myself suddenly with a lot of money and free time, I would love to do that.

http://www.hiddentrails.com/europe/france/loire-escape.htm

over 5 years ago


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