Second day in Amboise

We had a nice day in town today, the big events were the visit to the Amboise chateau and then the Leonardo da Vinci chateau. 
Walking down to the center of town takes a whole 30 minutes, and back is about the same, but of course it's uphill. The Amboise chateau was all about the various heraldic orders, order of Saint Michael, order of the golden fleece, etc. not super interesting, though there were some great views of town, and some nice gardens. The Leonardo da Vinci Chateau was more impressive, and had many models of Leonardo da Vinci's inventions. There were also some very large school groups that huddled in doorways and staircases, trying to find the answers on their treasure hunt type worksheet. 
Had some nice conversations with some other tourists, an elderly couple from Alabama, traveling with their 16-year-old grandson. I started a conversation with the grandfather because he had on in Indiana t-shirt, and I told him that Eric went to Purdue. For lunch we had some stuffed crepes, and were sitting next to a couple from North Carolina, who are on a tour from the  Backroads company. Chatted with them quite a bit. people seem to be very impressed that we're doing this trip on our own. We saw other people on that tour all throughout town, must have been a pretty large group.
What else... there was supposed to be some heavy rain this afternoon, but it wasn't too bad, just more or less some drizzle. 
Peter wanted to try the warmshowers thing (kind of like couchsurfing), so I emailed one host in Tours, and for the first time they actually replied and said that they were available! So, looks like we'll be staying with a family with four children, which is very unusual for France. I'm looking forward to it, Peter is as well, there may even be some boys his age. 

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