After spending the night at a friends house Friday my host mother Veronique, picked me up around lunch time the next day for what would be my first and only visit the the city of Tours.
Situated about an hour and a half from where we are Tours is a city in central France. The capital of the Indre-et-Loire department, it stands on the lower reaches of the river Loire, between Orléans and the Atlantic coast. Touraine, the region around Tours, is known for its wines, the alleged perfection (as perceived by some speakers) of its local spoken French, and the Battle of Tours in 732. It is also the site of the Paris–Tours road bicycle race.
Below are pictures of the pleasant and calm day I spent with my host mother.
Picture of the Tours Cathedral: 15th-century Flamboyant Gothic west front with Renaissance pinnacles, completed 1547.
At the silk exposition.
As you can see we were outside most of the day, thanks to the nice weather (that will hopefully last now) although the company will not :(
Situated about an hour and a half from where we are Tours is a city in central France. The capital of the Indre-et-Loire department, it stands on the lower reaches of the river Loire, between Orléans and the Atlantic coast. Touraine, the region around Tours, is known for its wines, the alleged perfection (as perceived by some speakers) of its local spoken French, and the Battle of Tours in 732. It is also the site of the Paris–Tours road bicycle race.
Below are pictures of the pleasant and calm day I spent with my host mother.
Picture of the Tours Cathedral: 15th-century Flamboyant Gothic west front with Renaissance pinnacles, completed 1547.
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