Descartes Sunday market...a bit of a reshuffle.

 

We made a visit to the market in Descartes yesterday, something we hadn't done for a wee while. There were only a couple of stalls in the usual spot, probably as it was too open and therefore too hot for working in! Some has moved down the street in search of some shade.

Lovely soirée here in in La Guerche last night.

 

Great ambiance last night here in La Guerche, yes it was karaoke but it brought young and old together for a fun night, where we even had a few songs from our mayor! 

Mon banc dominical / My Sunday Bench...in Descartes

This morning in the garden of René Descartes' house in, no surprise here, Descartes in Southern Touraine. 

Find a little shady place...

 

A walk around Tours' Botanic Gardens...

On Monday while on Tours we took another walk through the city's municipal botanical garden and arboretum.Dating from 1843 it is the city's oldest public garden.

It was originally a medicinal and exotic plant collection for the nearby pharmacy school but has been extended and added to over the years to create a recreational space for all the family.

If you have not already been we would recommend a visit,especially with children. We did not visit inside the hothouse for obvious reasons!

Official website.

Beautiful albizia...make mine a double!

La Guerche.

 

Morning walk under the sun and among the sunflowers.

 

I joined Pauline for her morning (7.5km) walk yesterday as the sunflowers are out on her route. We set off at 8.15 am to avoid the worst heat of the day, it was still 20 deg. but not too unpleasant for the walk.

Always good to se the sunflowers against a blue sky. Having driven across a fair bit of Touraine over the last few weeks our local ones seem well ahead of most,

It wasn't all sunflwers of course.

Wednesday for windows...panefully modern in Tours

 

19 Rue Édouard Vaillant,Tours.

'Fete de la Musique'...Le Petit-Pressigny

 

A small sample of what was on offer...

A lovely day out at Château de L'Islette

On Sunday, courtesy of the Note à Note association of Le Grand Pressigny we joined a group of friends for an outing to the Château de L'Islette (near Azay le Rideau) to attend the 'L'Islette in Venetian Time' event where we were treated to two parades featuring over 70 Venetian costumes within the grounds of the chateau.

One member of our party caught up with some of the 'actors' who explained that their association members make all their own costumes, which are fabulous but must have been so hot on the day.

It was a lovely day for us and our friends, so well organised and the chateau and its ground easily absorbed the large crowd of visitors, which were a credit to the chateau owners and staff. I had a brief chat with the castle's Châtelaine who was very pleased with the turnout and how the day was going. She herself led the parade and as the afternoon concert started was keen to keep the tempo of the day in high spirits