Loire Valley, France

Simon wasn't too happy with what this did to his camera a few seconds later...
Chateau de Chenonceau
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Yes, that is a F R O Z E N river!
The vineyards that make the magic

We met with our friends Jacqui and Andrew for a few vinos in Paris before coming back to London.


Simon and I caught the Eurostar to Paris on Friday night and we were pretty lucky to be on the last train through for about 5 days. The train behind us was the one that got stuck in the chunnel. The trains just weren't made for the climate Europe was experiencing this December...

After arriving in Paris around 7pm, we hired a car and drove 200km south to a little village called Amboise. It did take a bit longer to drive down than normal because of the weather, but we got there in the end. It's a medieval town where Leonardo Da Vinci died. The main reason we went down here was to visit the much photographed Chateaus. We did manage to get out and see one, but the roads weren't very safe for driving so we came back to our little town and drank a few local wines and sat down for a lovely French dinner. Might have to come back here in the summer time and see a few more...

On the Sunday the Eurostar was still not running, but we were one of the very lucky few who managed to get on the Eurostar chartered flight back to London Stansted - the only airport open in London because of the snow.

I thought we were lucky to get to Paris, but turns out we were even luckier to get back to London.