Encore un château : Langeais

Just about 20 minutes by car downriver from Luynes is another, even better-known château, the Château de Langeais. I've been there several times. Charles-Henry had lunch at a sidewalk café Langeais on the July 2010 day when we spent some time in Luynes. We didn't spend much time in Langeais or around the château there because the purpose of our stop was mainly having lunch there. I think CHM had been there before also.

I'm pretty sure that's a church in Langeais in the photo just above, on the left. The monument on the right above is called Cinq-Mars-la-Pile. It's just outside Langeais. Nobody really knows what purpose it served. Was it a lighthouse for boats plying the waters of the Loire? Was it a mausoleum for a rich 2nd century merchant? Anyway, it's Gallo-Roman and stands 100 meters (about 100 feet) tall.

Wandering around in Luynes

Half-timbered houses, and old stone steps leading up to the château

That's CHM in the middle of the picture above.

The covered market hall in Luynes dates back to the 15th century.

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P.S. I finished my week of prednisone a couple of days ago. I'm sort of waiting to see what happens next. So far, I feel a few twinges of pain in my wrists and elsewhere, but it's manageable pain. I'll go back and talk to the doctor next week, after I've spent a few more days on ibuprofen if needed. I don't know if there is any other treatment that will make things better. Anyway, I can type again, and use the mouse. That's progress.

Carved wood figures in the town of Luynes

There are several maisons à pans de bois or maisons à colombages down in the town of Luynes, below the château. The half-timbered house on the main square (photos above and below), near the old market hall, is decorated with these carved wood figures. The house dates back to the 15th century.