Sain Aignan, France by the kids

On the 3rd we were going to go to des caves Monmousseau, it was a place where they make wine, here is some information about it. It was originally dug out to build castles but then some one noticed that it was the perfect temperature to make wine, so they did it. When we got there, we learnt that it was 12 degrees inside, it was pretty cool (pun intended), when we went in we saw they had projections on the wall, it was awesome, when it finished they had a thing that you smell some wine and guess what they smelt like, after that dad and mum tried some wines and I tried a grape juice it was yum, after that we went to some churches and they were cool after that we went home and had dinner, it was raclette, raclette is where you melt a specific cheese and put it on a potato, it is delicious, after that slept.
On the 4th it officially marks 6 months of traveling 😊😊😊😊. We were going to go to Cheverny, it is a castle, the castle was used a lot for hunting, and they still do so they have lots of hounds, around 120 to be precise, around 60 males, 40 females and 20 pups. They used to feed them out in public, but they don’t any more. There is also a Tintin museum, (Tintin is a book I highly recommend you read) the reason why there was a Tintin museum is because one of the castles in the book was inspired by this castle. When we got in it was awesome, it had everything set up and it looked awesome. Mum said on every holiday like Christmas and easter they decorate it, and it is even better. After looking at the castle we went to look at the dogs, they were big and loud. Then we went to the Tintin museum it was really cool, after that we went to a place that had lots of mini castles, we even saw the castle we were at today, it was really cool, there was 41 castles, after that we went home and went to sleep.
On the 5th we went to another castle, this one had clues and mysteries to solve, it was fun at the start but then it felt like the person who made it was just running out of ideas so it just got a little boring, there was even one that was impossible to solve, when we finished it we went back home and had dinner and then played a board game and then went to sleep.
Anderw (10 years old)

On the 2nd we drove to Sophia’s place. It took 5 hours to get there. When we got there mum, dad and Sophia chatted while me, Andrew and Clara played in the pool.
On the 3rd we visited a place where they made wine. It was in a cave. There were projections on the wall. They would make a drawing and get the reflection in a mirror which had a light around it that would help project it onto the wall. It was cold. In the end, there was a smelling thing where you would have to smell the wine and guess what the sent is. Then you look at the answer and see if you were right. I got one right. I got the pepper one. Mum and dad tasted a few wines. In the afternoon we went to visit Loches. We had lunch. For lunch, we had stuff with bread. I had rillette with bread and mum had an olive thingy with bread. I don’t remember what dad and Andrew got. In the afternoon we visited Loches. We visited a church and a royal house. The church was cool because it was not like the other churches we have visited in our trip so far. It had pointy spiers, and the others had domes. The royal house was interesting because it showed us how they lived back then. The thing that really caught my eye was a rule book. In the rule book there were some rules that they had back then. I will tell you the two I can remember. The first was: you are supposed to get married at eleven. You are too young to get married at eleven. The second was: you need to stop playing games at twelve because you are an adult. You are still not even a teenager at twelve. In the evening, we had raclette with Sophia and Clara. Then we played our computer. it was a long day, so I was happy to get in bed.
On the 4th it was 6 months on the road for us. Already one half of our trip done. It is going so quick. In the morning, we visited Cheverny castle. The Cheverny castle is a rare thing within the Loire valley. A castle that appears untouched by the rebirth. (The rebirth is where they change how things look.) it could be because it has been owned by the same family for six centuries. It was built between 1604 and 1635. We had galette for lunch. In the afternoon we visited a place where there were 41 little castles. It did not really catch my interest. I am not that interested in models of stuff, I like to actually go see them. Then we spent the afternoon at Sophia’s place.
On the 5th we went to a place where you had to solve questions. Some of the questions were impossible to answer. It felt like they were running out of ideas by the end. Then we went back to Sophia’s place and played games.
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