After the spontaneous decision to stay on the train, my roommate and I ended up in Tours. With absolutely no idea what to do in the town, we headed first to the tourist office
to pick up a map. On the way we saw one of our first desitnations, a huge Cathedral. We did walk through a little garden on the way to the Cathedral that had the biggest tree I have ever seen in my life. The limbs were so big that it had to be supported by posts so that they didn't break off. It was planted in like 1804 and there were cables connected to the top to make sure the branches didn't break. It was pretty amazing.
It was a fantastically beautiful day, so after picking up the map and seeing the Cathedral (which actually had its big doors open! those are the first big doors I have seen actually used) we wondered around for a bit. We followed the signs to the Chateau, which really ended up being just visible from the outside and we weren't able to go in. Instead we walked across the bridge over the river and seeing nothing exciting on the other side, came back to the original side we were on. It was lunchtime, and we were on a street with lots of restaurants. We found a fondue place, but when we went in they said that the fondue was finished for the day. Sad. Instead we went across the street and had a pizza. It was really good. We had some time to kill so we decided to walk to the pedestrian area that was indicated on the map. Little did we know that this pedestrian area held the heart of Tours and where we really should have gone to eat. We could have eaten in this
square and enjoyed the lovely weather. The square was really cute and was encircled by restaurants. Instead we decided to have some gelato on the square before wandering around the town a bit more
. There was one place that was solely devoted to macaroons. It looked like a pretty posh place, but the lady serving was cute and the macaroons sure were colorful! We did find huge towers that used to be part of a Basilica. It was started in the 300s and had been destroyed, but towers still stood and we could see where they would have been connected.
It was a great afternoon and a good place to spend the afternoon.
to pick up a map. On the way we saw one of our first desitnations, a huge Cathedral. We did walk through a little garden on the way to the Cathedral that had the biggest tree I have ever seen in my life. The limbs were so big that it had to be supported by posts so that they didn't break off. It was planted in like 1804 and there were cables connected to the top to make sure the branches didn't break. It was pretty amazing.
square and enjoyed the lovely weather. The square was really cute and was encircled by restaurants. Instead we decided to have some gelato on the square before wandering around the town a bit more
. There was one place that was solely devoted to macaroons. It looked like a pretty posh place, but the lady serving was cute and the macaroons sure were colorful! We did find huge towers that used to be part of a Basilica. It was started in the 300s and had been destroyed, but towers still stood and we could see where they would have been connected.
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