Ann and Roger travel

Thursday 30th May 2019

This morning was quite wet. After a late start we went looking for Chateau d'O which our guidebook said was spectacular. We miserably failed to find it but instead arrived in Sees and tried to park at the Cathedral just as the annual Ascension Day service was coming to an end. There was absolute chaos in the car park and I was very relieved to somehow back the van out of it! We found a roadside parking place and Ann visited the Cathedral while I recovered from the trauma of the said car park!

Cathedral entrance.

Inside Cathedral.

Stained glass in Sees Cathedral.

From Sees we moved on west on the lookout for Chateau de Carrouges which was also highly recommended by our guidebook. After much difficulty we finally found it. Here's the gatehouse.

Here's the moat.

We went inside the courtyard.

The only way to see inside the chateau was to take a guided tour. This cost 6 euros each.

There were some nice artefacts to see inside.

Plenty of portraits and tapestries.

Generally lots to see. I must say however I would much prefer to have wandered around at my own pace rather than being herded from room to room.

Here's a painting of a member of the family who owned the chateau who got high up in the Catholic Church. The chateau was bought by the French State in 1936.