Visiting Three Different Castles

Oriane's family was on holiday for Easter, and so we went to visit their grandparents as well as some nearby castles. They were very kind to give me the opportunity to visit so many amazing places with them!

This is Chateau de Chenonceau. The way that the castle is built over the water is just gorgeous. Something interesting about this place is that during one of the world wars, half of the castle was Free France and the other Occupied France! This is because the Loire river was used as the border between the two. Thus, sometimes people would escape through the castle to get to the part of France that was still free. 

Chateau de Chambord-probably the most impressive castle we visited. It was ginormous and over 200 years older than Versailles! 

The view from one of the balconies

The grounds of the castle are enormous. It was originally a hunting lodge and so the men would go hunting in the nearby woods. Gradually, the building was added on to until it was a full-sized castle.

The central tower is very interesting-the architecture is much different than other castles, I guess because it's so much older.

This view of the castle with its reflection is simply breathtaking!

Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte; my favorite castle that we saw! It has a beautiful moat around it.

This is from the other end of the castle, the view is very awe-inspiring! I honestly felt like a princess just walking around the grounds... ;)

This huge statue of Hercules is at the end

I loved the windows in the castle, so pretty!

Oriane's grandmother had some costumes which we wore around the castle, it was a lot of fun!

This is the castle lit-up by candles in the evening. The pictures do not do it justice at all; it was magnificent. We also got to see some fireworks which was very neat!