Today was to be an easy ride from Chenonceau to Chaumont, but it started with 7k of climbing to the top of the hills, where we were then battered by 35k headwinds the rest of the day.
Our goal was to spend most of the day at the Chaumont Chateau’s International Garden Festival.
Various landscapers and artists from around the world created all kinds of garden art, art in gardens, or artistically done gardens. Some of it was interactive, with the added sensations of touch.
Some were unusual, like this cloud “garden”.
Others were literally reflective.
After the gardens we toured the Chateau. One interesting thing they did was put some art into rooms that have not been restored. It gives one a great appreciation of the amount of work needed to keep up, and restore these centuries old buildings.
We got a great view of the river ahead, from the Chateau grounds.
And from this view, which is out our Chambre d’Hote window, you can see that the Loire is still flooded. Cyclists must stay up on the road, but you can see in the area this side of the grass in the water, that the path is still very submerged.
Fortunately, because we are zigzagging between Chateaus, we are not currently following the river, so the flooding is not affecting us like it did a few days ago.