Rent a car and come stay at the hotel for several days...here is everything you can visit & do (post-Covid).

Forteresse Royale de Chinon
Azay-Le-Rideau
Villandry Gardens
Candes St Martin
Château de Chenonceau
the city of Loches
Sainte-Chapelle de Champigny sur Veude

...
Tapestries of the Apocalypse in Angers
Château de Saché (Musée Balzac)
Max Ernst's house
Musée Rabelais La Devinière where he was born
Saumur (the château & the Cadre Noir national riding school)
Wine tasting, visit, picnic in the vines at Château du Petit

...
Thouars (I take my friends & family here for this)
Wine tastings galore

Any questions?
And sunflowers 😊🌻
And Fontevraud Abbey

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For your continued #IsolationBaking ... my recipe for

Welsh Cakes

These dense & spiced cakes dotted with sweet currants are cooked on a griddle or in a skillet, eaten hot with butter & jam for snack or teatime.

Ingredients are in ounces/grams.

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INGREDIENTS

8 ounces (225 grams) flour + flour for kneading
3 ounces (75 g) sugar + sugar for dusting
2 ounces (50 grams) currents
½ teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
¼ teaspoon ground ginger

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8 ½ tablespoons (125 grams) butter
1 large egg + milk to bind if needed

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INGREDIENTS

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I have a baking project for your weekend to calm & distract you.

Fantans with cinnamon-sugar or jam...

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1 preserved lemon
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1 onion, trimmed, peeled, chopped
1 garlic clove, peeled & chopped
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½ cup (125 ml) water
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1/3 cup (80 ml) water
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1 tablespoon (10 grams) white sugar
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