Beaujolais Day 3

We had a rather deflating start to the day when our host Julien pointed out the flat rear tyre on our car to us in the morning - particularly when we found the empty spare tyre compartment! However from the time we rang the Sixt help line to having the car towed to garage, tyre repaired and back to us it was only 2 1/2 hours - a dream run.
So we had a late start to Macon which is north of Beaujolais which is a provincial capital - nothing too interesting so we moved on further north to Chateau Cormatin - built in 1658 on the foundations of an 11th C castle. It has the grandest Louis XIII apartments remaining in France. Surrounded by a moat and gardens with topiary and box hedge mazes. I will let the pictures tell the story. Finished off the day with a game of Finska before heading off soon to the local village restaurant.Leggi altro