Day 4 - March 21st, 2024

We started our day with breakfast at the hotel, boarded our tour buses and said to "au revoir" to Paris and began our journey to Bordeaux. Our first top was spent at a Travel Center (an equivalent to an American interstate truck stop) where one of our travelers that was walking next to me and while observing there were paper crowns on the tables said "Hey, this is just like Burger King!" and then within our next stop, I leaned over and told this student, "It's because it IS Burger King." While at the travel center, all travelers bought the necessities for a picnic-style lunch at our next stop. 

After roughly two hours, our group arrived at Château de Chenonceau, a 16th century castle that spans the Cher river. The castle grounds featured sprawling gardens, a labyrinth, and a small farm area with various animals. 

Once we finished with our walking tour of Château de Chenonceau, we all hopped back on our tour buses to continue our journey to Bordeaux.

Following approximately four hours on the road, we all safely arrived in Bordeaux for our dinner at Flammekuechen, a restaurant that served Bordeaux's outstanding local regional version of pizza. Due to departure delays and some difficulties of a few individuals within our group to get back on the bus at the agreed upon designated times, after dinner we headed straight to our hotel in Bordeaux to get a good night's rest.

To be continued...