Touring France, the Suscine Chateau

Oct 18, 2004

We woke up to the sound of Franz calling to us from the kitchen. Jason called back that we’d be up in a minute, so Franz left again. We showered and woke up Nate and Robyn, before heading out to do some touring.

Our first destination was the Suscine Chateau, where we just had to take the full tour. I adore old historic buildings, and this was right up there with Notre Dame on my list of sites to see due to my family’s historical past in that area.

On our way back we stopped at a tiny little village called Roucheford that was just as colorful and beautiful as Vannes, but in miniature. There were tiny little shops along both sides of the street, and you could almost imagine that it was the street Disney used to create their storyboard for Beauty and the Beast. It looked right out of a fairytale.

One of the buildings had a tree growing right up against the wall, and the shopkeeper had actually trained the trunk to split and embrace the building. Wrapping its enormous branches around to cover almost three sides of the store, like a giant wooden belt. It was amazing!

The rest of the day we just puttered around Franz’s chateau, feeding apples to the neighbors sheep, and enjoying the beautiful gardens out back.


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