Blois on a March morning

It started out foggy on that March day in 2006. Above left you see the Église Saint-Nicolas. Above right is the old bridge. There are two other bridges at Blois — modern ones — one upstream and one downstream. The main part of the town is on the right bank of the Loire, and the smaller part is on the left bank.

Toward mid-morning, the fog started to lift. Above left, there's the old bridge again, with the cathrdral on high ground on the right bank. Above right, you can see that there are some very steep streets in the old town.

Above left is the outer façade of the François 1er wing of the Château de Blois, which sort of overlooks the center of the town. It's called La Façade des Loges in French. I don't know much more about it. The picture above right shows, from on high, a street that parallels the Loire river. You can see how the houses and other buildings are packed together along the road.