I should have put a pedometer on her before we left - the poor lady has walked so much she has blisters and shin splits. I set her up with some heavy band aids, biofreeze and my running shoes and she is back to new.
She climbed the final 59 steps to the top of the castle much to my surprise. She is going to outlast us all!
We are in Amboise as of yesterday after a crazy train ride. I didn't know that the outside of the train indicated which class we were in, so we got on one end of the train and then basically had to push our luggage through 10 or so rail cars to get to our seats. Gramma was following me and kept getting caught in the automatic door, but we made it eventually.
Amboise really is lovely, and our hotel is at the base of the castle overlooking the river. I opened the shutters during my shower this morning to have a great view of the river - how fun is that.
We also toured Leonardo DaVincis house today - amazing how much stuff he invented.
Another plug for how lovely the French are: we arrived in Amboise much later than we thought last night, it was getting dark and there was no taxis to be found. This great guy offered to drive us to our hotel in his mini with his little girl. He very matter of fact said it was no problem and wedged out luggage in his car, passed his daughter to Gramma in the back seat. She and Gramma counted to 10 in English while the guy and I tried to read the addresses on the street.
He refused to take any money.
I love the French.
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