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| Viewing room in the left cone shaped tower. |
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| At the entryway, horns are from an Ibis |
Christoph took the French spoken tour and I walked the rooms all of which were about five. It is still inhabited by the family after 900 years https://www.commarin.com/ Furniture was original and well worn with threads hanging off chairs.
It was in one of two towers and only one floor available for viewing. The floors themselves were both of high quality individual tiles and slotted wood, think parquet but much more elaborate in design.
The above two pictures are serving dishes. The kitchens in those times were situated well away from the main house due to fire risk. This one was actively used until 1970.
There was a fellow who also didn’t follow the tour who seemed to be very interested in what others were not. We walked the rooms together but did not speak. I imagine him to be an architect or builder of sorts because of his interest in the sculpture and the flooring.
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| Pieces of tapestries on the walls. |
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| Writing desk adjacent to a library. |
Note the walls in these pictures, they are not covered in wall paper but beautiful fabrics.
The garden means trees and perhaps hedges in this part of France, definitely not what we would think of as a garden with flowers or vegetables. There were large stables for horses, all cleaned and not used but a couple of horses names were still on the stalls.
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| Chapel attached to the castle. |
I really enjoyed the visit, not grandiose, a place where a family lived, but missed the other barns which must have been off limits to tourists. The guides were all friendly and the one Christoph had was enthusiastic about the chateau.
This was Sunday and we hadn’t booked lunch ahead, mistake we’ve learned cannot happen again. We ended up inside a large place in Chateauneuf that was packed and the kitchen slammed for inside and outside dining. We were at a closed window so at least had a look outside but being in that enclosed space made me very uncomfortable with the amount of people inside. It was a relief when we asked for coffee outside in the fresh air. Note, book on the weekends!
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| This bad boy/girl was in the parking lot at Chateauneuf. |
Back down the same highway to Chateau Commarin we visited the village of Pouilly-en-Auxois. We had an excellent lunch at Hotel Poste, housed in the former post office of the town. https://www.hoteldelaposte-pouilly.com/
After we looked for the canal and while I saw this bit, I knew there were boats that go along the canal for tourists.
We asked and drove out to the meeting point. There were many people waiting around to board and there was an hour left before time to so we skipped the ride. Because of Bruce, I noticed a fair number of people in wheelchairs ready to board. When you think about it or are with a person who uses one, there aren’t many boats with access for wheelchairs, so this would be a treat to get out on the water and see some bird life.
We realized that we'd been to Pouilly-en-Auxois before and identified the restaurant we'd been to but it was raining that day and I hadn't done any research on the town itself. This was a much better visit in the sun and seeing the canal.
All for now, Cheers!
