Biking Down the Loire - The Fourth Day

Another great breakfast at the hotel, and we were off again.  Fairly easy riding most of the time.

A large part of the attraction in the Loire valley is the plethora of Chateaus.  During much of French history, the French government was based in the Loire valley, so many of the aristocracy spent a lot of money building appropriate residences.  Here are a couple of additional ones:

Chenonceau

Chaumont-sur-Loire

Stopped for a beer at about 11:15 and noticed that lunch could be had for 12 euros, including 25cl of wine.  Great value – big buffet with various salads including meat and pasta, followed by a turkey dish with what was described as turkey with ‘Mexican’ sauce.  Not sure about that, but it was tasty, and included house-made frites.  Wound up spending 3 hours at the restaurant!

Back on the road, we faced some headwinds into our stop for the night, at a former 15^th century convent of the Cordeliers on top of a hill outside of Montjean-sur-Loire.  Panoramic view of the Loire. Our hostess – another charming French woman, who when she was taking me to see my room announced to the others that she ‘might not come back’!  [Think I might have to visit that place again – not sure Anna would approve!] 

Convent des Cordeliers

No restaurant on site, so we walked to a very nice crêperie, Chez les Filles, about a half-mile away.  Had a bottle of Cremant de Loire, from Domaine Du Tertre, a local sparkling wine, with our meal.  It was excellent - Tom and I carried the bottle back to the convent!

David with the Cremant Bottle Overlooking the Loire

Did 74km for the day.