Saturday 30th August, 2014.........Lovely fine day and so we have walked the streets of Blois and what a great place it is...all the markets in full swing being Saturday and we were green with envy at the produce for sale.....good clothing and shoes too and so many French women grabbing all the bargains.....the cathedral here magnificient and it dates back to the 12th century.......we didn't hear a word of English spoken......however we know there are Kiwis and Aussies in town as tonight we meet over dinner our fellow 16 companions that will be pedalling with us for the next 400 kms (18 of us in this group so Barbara says, we met her this morning)......we don't know how much access we will have to internet over the next 10 days and perhaps we will be too buggered to use it anyway!!!!! M & F 

Pedestrian street with some of the market......

Looking up the steps with the garden plot in the middle......

Great food and veges for sale......

And the horse and carriage which adds to the ambience of Blois.....

Those steps again.....

More Gothic Architecture.....

So many lovely little pedestrian streets like this in Blois......

More Gothic Architecture......

Standing on the bridge over the Loire River looking back at the beautiful architecture in Blois.......

Looking to the steps of Blois.......in the distance with flower plot in the middle of the steps.....

Quite a lot of Gothic architecture in the streets of Blois....

The stained glass windows in the cathedral...this photo does not do justice to what the eye captured!!

The Hotel de Ville and gardens....

The view from the Hotel de Ville.......

Hotel de Ville and the back end of the cathedral......