9/9/17 Village of Amboise

After unpacking, we decided to walk down the hill to the village to have something to eat and buy some wine for the evening.  It brought back wonderful memories to me of my visit with grandson Max four years ago.  Very little has changed (thank heavens!).

Pedestrian street in old town Amboise filled with shops, bakeries, and restaurants:

This is the little bakery/restaurant Max and I had breakfast in the day we visited:

This is where he discovered that if you are with your grandmother, 

you CAN have dessert for breakfast.  A sample

of their pastries:

The tower and south turret of the castle:

 On our way down to the village, we saw this amazing house built right into the fortified wall: