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Life in Rural France
Life in rural France is slow, rich, and community-focused, filled with fresh market trips, sunny picnics, and lively summer gatherings with neighbors.
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Life in rural France is slow, rich, and community-focused, filled with fresh market trips, sunny picnics, and lively summer gatherings with neighbors.
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Château de Chenonceau, Loire Valley
Out of all the châteaux I’ve been to at Christmas, Chenonceau is my favorite. I think part of it is the story behind it, having been known as Le Château des Dames (Ladies’ Castle). It sits across the River Cher in the Loire Valley, and is the stuff fairytales were made of. Kings and queens fought over it, Diane de Poitiers claimed it as her jewel, and Catherine de Medici swept in and made it hers, adding the long gallery that sits in all its splendor over the water.