After visiting Chateau Chenonceau in the morning we drove eleven miles to the town of Amboise, an historic town on the Loire River and once the home of French kings. Amboise is home to two chateaux-Chateau d'Amboise, a hilltop castle with commanding views of the town and the Loire River, and Chateau du Clos Luce, a manor house where Leonardo da Vinci spent the last three years of his life. da Vinci came to Amboise at the invitation of France's King Francis I who admired the brilliant Florentine's genius. Following a delicious lunch of cod in cream sauce, a local specialty, we spent the remainder of the day exploring the town's two impressive chateaux. In the early evening we returned to our hotel where we made a dinner of bread, cheese, salami and wine purchased in Amboise.
