"Beautiful Chateaux Country" Addicted2travel's photos around Tours, France

A TripAdvisorâ„¢ TripWow slideshow of a travel blog to Tours, France by TravelPod blogger Addicted2travel titled "Beautiful Chateaux Country" Addicted2travel's travel blog entry: "Those of us in the tour group that decided to do the optional excursion to the chateaux today, left the hotel at about 8:30 this morning to go to the Chenonceau Chateau. Henry II gave this chateau to his mistress, Diane de Poitiers, as a present. She had the bridge built that extends over the Cher River. When Henry II died, his wife Catherine de Medici had the mistress kicked out and lived there herself. She created a gallery on the bridge that had been built. The chateau is beautiful and is built almost entirely on the water. We walked through a garden maze, the gardens of both Diane de Poitiers and Catherine de Medici, and the chateau itself. We went through various bedrooms and halls within the house that were all elaborately decorated. The kitchen was in the basement type area and had at least 4 rooms for it to cook, bake, etc. Plus a room for the butchers. Over time, it was mainly women that lived in this Chateau. One of the strangest rooms was from Louis of Lorraine who moved to Chenonceau after the assassination of her husband king Henry III. She was in mourning and always dressed in white, known as the "White Queen." Her bedroom was so depressing though! It was all black! The walls, ceiling, and other decorations were black with silver designs of mourning on them. She must've been one ...