Today we went to the Château de Chambord and the Biscuiterie Saint Michel. At the Château we walked around and did an interactive virtual tour through all the rooms. We could visualize how the rooms used to look as well as find “treasure coins” everywhere. We then sat at a nearby picnic area and ate our lunch. After eating we took the bus to the Biscuiterie and made flour out of wheat by pounding the grains as well as made butter just from shaking cream in small jars. We taste tested some of the cookies and looked around in the gift shop. After this, we headed back to the bus station in Tours and met up with our students. A big group of Americans and our exchange students walked over to a shopping center area, ate ice cream, and walked around to various shops. Overall it was a cool day and we went to multiple interesting locations!
Chambord is so beautiful! I am not surprised that the Vanderbilts used it as one of the inspirations for their massive estate in North Carolina.