Tour(s)ing...

My brother and his wife are over for a visit so this week Pauline and I are having a little break after a busy spell preparing for the coming 'season'. It is their first time  in the Loire Valley so we will be doing some 'touristy' things, even though they say that they are here to visit us and are less interested in the great chateaux.

We picked them up from Tours station after a journey that saw them leave their new home in Spain early in the morning to Paris Orly and then by train to us.

We had lunch and then we dragged them round some of the sights...

the glorious Saint-Gatien cathedral...

and Basilica St Martin,before stopping off for a light refreshment in Place Plumereau...

Promenading...

Yesterday we had to go up to Loches, as we were in the area we visited nearby Chatillion-sur-Indre as the Bricomarche there is the only place we can get a particular item for our secondary glazing at Le Grand Pressigny. While there we popped into 'La Promenade' for coffee.

In the evening we were also 'Promenading' as friends had invited us to join then at 'La Promenade' in Petit Pressigny to celebrate their up-and-coming Ruby Wedding.

We had been before but it was their first experience - they were not disappointed, the meal was great from beginning to end...

...and in-between! This restaurant is very popular with our guests at 'Les Balcons', in Le GrandPressigny, enhancing their Loire Valley experience and it was good to revisit it to check the standard was being maintained - needn't have worried. Even though for us this is only for very special occasions and perhaps a little 'out of our league' we are always made to feel comfortable, our experience was made all the better by the care and attention of their excellent sommelier Xavier Fortin