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There are other changes as well.
Why? Well, the world has changed. And change with it, we must. The lyrics to "We Go On" for IllumiNations say it best:
We go on to the joy and through the tears
We go on to discover new frontiers
Moving on with the current of the years.
We go on
Moving forward now as one
Moving on with a spirit born to run
Ever on with each rising sun.
To a new day, we go on.
It's time to move on and move forward.
PassPorter is a small business, and for many years it supported our family. But the world changed, print books took a backseat to the Internet, and for a long time now it has been unable to make ends meet. We've had to find new ways to support our family, which means new careers and less and less time available to devote to our first baby, PassPorter.
But eventually, we must move on and move forward. It is the right thing to do.
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Loved the chateau and the rooms and details within! Much of it it seems to date to the medieval period, just by judging what is in these rooms! Well, with the exception of the severed hand, nothing is too wrenching! It could be worse, if you've ever been to Warwick Castle in your home country near the Cotswolds. Some of the things there and devices used back during the medieval times and seeing them up close in a dungeon are beyond belief as I experienced!
The photos here are so good with the mountain landscapes having so much beauty. And let's not forget about your friends and of course where there are cows....Cheryl cannot be far behind!
Thanks for your comments regarding Europe and I just can't get enough of it. Just enjoy this continent so much. Plan to go back soon. Probably in 2015 after a WDW trip next year!
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Loved the chateau and the rooms and details within! Much of it it seems to date to the medieval period, just by judging what is in these rooms! Well, with the exception of the severed hand, nothing is too wrenching! It could be worse, if you've ever been to Warwick Castle in your home country near the Cotswolds. Some of the things there and devices used back during the medieval times and seeing them up close in a dungeon are beyond belief as I experienced!
I've seen those at Warwick Castle - not pleasant. My university was Warwick, so I lived around there for three years and regularly visited the castle.
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The photos here are so good with the mountain landscapes having so much beauty. And let's not forget about your friends and of course where there are cows....Cheryl cannot be far behind!
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Thanks for your comments regarding Europe and I just can't get enough of it. Just enjoy this continent so much. Plan to go back soon. Probably in 2015 after a WDW trip next year!
Monday 2 September – part six: gardens, cows and their bells!
My favourite part was the view over the formal grounds. I wrongly assumed at this point that you couldn’t go into them, as there was no-one in there, which made for some perfect photos.
But the best bit by far was the sound of the cows moving around in the field with their bells clanking. It was a beautiful sound, and I could have stood there all day listening to it, but sadly they were moving off.
We headed back inside and finished seeing the rest of the chateau. The next room was the music room, which was made for Franz Liszt in about 1835, although a lot of the furniture and panelling in here is from a much earlier date.
I wasn’t so keen on the hunting room.
The furets’ room was very much a rustic place:
The final room was the knights’ room and the most stunning aspect of this was the wall decoration, which was painted between 1852 and 1862.
When you were done with the rooms, you ended up outside on the balcony of the courtyard, which you could see at the beginning of the tour. It was very clever the way they gradually took you upstairs bit by bit, so there was never too much climbing at any one time.
We made our way out to see the formal gardens and fortunately, they weren’t too busy, so we were able to get some great shots.
I even saw some of my boys in the fields near here!
We headed out and I decided to sample the free Gruyeres cheese that they had given us at the cheese factory. They demonstrated the difference between cheeses that had been left for six, eight and ten months, with it getting more and more salty the longer it was left. We both preferred the six month version.
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What beautiful views and I'd love to have a chance to cook in a kitchen like that--I know sounds crazy, but I bet it would be a great challenge! The severed hand . . . the history is cool, but seeing the actual hand, kind of creepy.
Oh, that first picture looks like Disney imagineers thought it up. It's just so....Swiss. The gardens are beautiful but framed by the hills makes them more so.
You guys lucked out with some fantastic sunshine and blue skies to make those photos perfect! Absolutely beautiful photos! And the ones with/in the gardens? Wow. Just, wow.
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Much of it it seems to date to the medieval period, just by judging what is in these rooms! Well, with the exception of the severed hand, nothing is too wrenching! 
It could be worse, if you've ever been to Warwick Castle in your home country near the Cotswolds. Some of the things there and devices used back during the medieval times and seeing them up close in a dungeon are beyond belief as I experienced! 
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I've seen those at Warwick Castle - not pleasant. My university was Warwick, so I lived around there for three years and regularly visited the castle. 
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