27 of November
Today we packed up our cabin and
drove straight to Amboise and we saw the house that we were going to. It was very easy
to find because it is called the blue door so it had a blue door. The place
that we were staying at it is the largest
inhabited island in France. After finding it we drove to the house where
Leonardo da Vinci spent the last three years of his life. We got to go around
his house and see some of the inventions that he had made. I didn’t know how
many things he had made like the first car, helicopter, parachute, machine gun,
tank and portable bridge. We then walked through his gardens, we got to use some
of the things that he invented and see how they work. We then went into the
town for a short walk. There were some very cute and interesting shops around.
We then went to our house that we were going to stay in. The lady who owns the
house showed us around. It was a lovely house with plenty of space. We got
settled in and then the boys wanted to sail their paper boats in the river.
They didn’t really work because we couldn’t get them in the current enough. By
the time we got the soggy bits of paper out of the water we had to go and buy
dinner. After dinner we went to bed.
Amelia
28 of November
Today we woke up to croissants
for breakfast. After getting ready we then drove to a chateau. This was the
place where the idea for Tintins house came from. It was amazing to think that
people live in this gigantic house. It was very beautiful inside and I do see
why they like it. On the stair chase there is a set of prehistoric antlers and
because the elk was frozen in Siberian they weren’t fossilised. They were very
big and I don’t understand how an animal could have such big antlers. We then
went into a Tintin exhibition. It was very interesting because it was
interactive so we could open things and press things. They had also recreated
some scenes featured in some of the Tintin books. When we came out of the
exhibition and we saw the kennels for the hounds. The family was a hunting
family so they had over a hundred hunting dogs. They were very big and smelly
but beautiful. We then went back to the shop where I bought a tin of Tintin
pencils. We then drove to another chateau. This one was on the water and was
very grand. It has a maze in its grounds which we had fun playing in. we then
went inside. It was very grand and was where for a while the French royals lived
and ruled from. We walked around this grand place reading about its history. As
we walked back to the car we spotted on the map a donkey farm so we went over
and sure enough there were all these donkeys. They were very fluffy and soft
and beautiful to pat. We then went back to the car and drove back to the town.
We had hot chocolates and looked in the shops again. We then went home and josh
and I watched the special doctor who 50th anniversary episode. I was glad we bought it because I
could watch it over and over again. We then had dinner and went to bed.
Amelia
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