{"id":501,"date":"2012-05-13T18:14:49","date_gmt":"2012-05-13T17:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/?p=501"},"modified":"2025-11-23T05:26:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T05:26:14","slug":"sleeping-beauty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/2012\/05\/13\/sleeping-beauty\/","title":{"rendered":"Sleeping Beauty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday, another sunny day, brilliant !!!!<\/p>\n<p>After a slow start we went for a drive around the area, through Pont-de-Ruan and Sach\u00e9 to Azay-le-Rideau where we had a prix-fixe lunch, that\u2019s main course and dessert for a bargain price.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_502\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-502\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-502\" title=\"Azay-le-Rideau\" src=\"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/170-Azay-le-Rideau-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-502\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Azay-le-Rideau<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Our next stop was Uss\u00e9 for a tour of the Chateau d\u2019 Uss\u00e9 on the banks of the River Indre, also known as the Chateau de la Belle au Bois Dormant. It was built mostly in the 15<sup>th<\/sup> and 16<sup>th<\/sup> centuries and is still inhabited, currently by the Duc de Blacas.\u00a0 It is said that Charles Perrault stayed here as a guest and was so inspired by the castle that he wrote the tale of Sleeping Beauty.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_503\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-503\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-503\" title=\"Chateau d\u2019 Uss\u00e9\" src=\"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/171-Chateau-d\u2019-Uss\u00e9-600x399.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-503\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chateau d\u2019 Uss\u00e9<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_504\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-504\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-504\" title=\"Chateau d\u2019 Uss\u00e9\" src=\"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/181-Chateau-d\u2019-Uss\u00e9-600x399.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-504\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chateau d\u2019 Uss\u00e9<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We climbed to the top of towers and into attics, down in to the dungeon and many other rooms in between.\u00a0 Then we drove back to Ballan-Mire and checked in for another 2 nights as it was a very nice campsite and the one we wanted to stay at in Savonierres was still closed.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday, another sunny day, brilliant !!!! 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