Chenonceau Chateau History, Episode 171
Join Us in France Travel Podcast
Annie Sargent
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 1 November 2017
⏱️ 46 minutes
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In this trip report, Nancy Calkins tells us about her visit to the Chenonceau and Cheverny Chateaux in the Loire Valley. They are both spectacular, and Cheverny also offered stimulating activities for her teens, including the hunting dog pack and the tie-in to the Tintin stories. Nancy has some recommendations of where to stay in Montrichard which were quirky and fun.
Then, in the French History segment of the podcast, Annie shares the Chenonceau Chateau History and the story of the rivalry between Diane de Poitiers et Catherine de Medicis. She also describes how two French Kings died: François I and Henry II. You decide, which one was worse?
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| 0:00.0 | This episode 171. |
| 0:03.0 | 171. |
| 0:04.0 | This episode is brought to you in part by Patreon supporters |
| 0:08.0 | and addicted to France, the tour company that specializes in small group tours in France. the Oh, Hello, |
| 0:47.0 | everybody, I'm Annie. and in today's show I chat with Nancy Colkins |
| 0:50.0 | about her visit to the Loire Valley. You know, the Loire Valley is |
| 0:54.8 | geographically so close to Paris. If you don't have a lot of vacation days and you |
| 1:00.6 | want to start exploring a little bit around the rest of France, |
| 1:04.0 | that is a part of France that's really easy for you to get to. |
| 1:08.0 | So learn about it a little bit and see if it's a place that sounds appealing to you. The extra content for email |
| 1:15.5 | subscribers this week is called Shenonsoe shenanigans and there were lots of them. It's a timeline of some of the things that happened in the days of Shenonsel's glory, |
| 1:27.0 | and I'll talk more about that too in the bite of French history after the interview |
| 1:32.0 | because hearing about it will help you |
| 1:34.2 | appreciate the place better and downloading the extra will help you |
| 1:38.7 | remember it better. Thank you to all of you who responded to the |
| 1:42.2 | question of the week on the Join Us in France Close Group on Facebook. |
| 1:46.0 | I asked you about a good tagline for Join Us in France, |
| 1:51.0 | something that embodies what the show is all about well. |
| 1:54.0 | The vast majority of you voted for the tagline, |
| 1:58.0 | voila, an insider's guide to France. |
| 2:01.0 | I really like it. It kind of rolls off the tongue and I think it's accurate |
| 2:06.1 | don't you think? The holiday shopping season is going to start very soon and so this is |
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