France... Louis De Funes, Johnny Halliday, De Gaulle, Lautrec, the home of my first car: Renault 25 Baccara and the scary gray Paris in January back in 2002. We drove from CLR Airport( i chose Bruxelles becouse of the direct flight, but sorry to say that the staff kept us standing for 2 hours on arrival, while the border police was relaxing and probably jocking about Belgian chocolate, they were having a blast; on our way out we sat again for 30 minutes in a staircase with no ventilation surrounded with screeming dehidrating todlers.. I will definetly try to avoid it in the future) to Celletes, 6 hours, artisticly dodging the flipflop-wearing--scooter-riders from hell on the outskirts of Paris... in a Citroen C4 from Avis... all it needed was a sniff of Channel 5. Entering the gates of CdR is stepping in the story: old trees garding the path to the Chateau backlit from the sunset. We were greeted by Nadine. She looked tired, it was the end of a long-warm day of work, but her welkoming smile was genuine. The room was with large wooden windows. Air conditioner put so that it will not intrude the 1800 vibe. Blue roses on white canvas on the walls. The morning surprised me with a smell of fieldflowers... cofee... and something else. Got dressed and ran to meet the breakfast at 8 a.m. sharp, in the wintergarden: And there it was... the most softest croissants, the sortiments of cheese, the smell of cofee getting roasted by a machine... It is in my top 5 breakfast ever. During the day we visited 3 castles: 1. Chenonceau( Uber-worth it) 2. Cheverny ( Totally wort it) 3. Chambord (... overrated monstrosity) Evenings, we ate at the Rozelle. Fixed menu, but boy what menu. 1. Terrine / melon cold soup. 2. Fillet minion 3. Creme brule Souch a delightful and tasty clichee. The wine... Cheverny rose. We were waited by the funny, english-speaking weitress who made the evening meal even more pleasent( I just could not refuse her sugestion to have another glass of wine). The aftermath: ... de Funes, Aznavour, Chanoceau Cold mellon soupe, Citroen, tasty cheese,warm croisants and the warm welcome of Chateau Rozelle. Vive la France!
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