chateau de fontainebleau
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Here's the château in all it's magnificence but this isn't the view that greeted me at first. The bus from the station at Avon-Fontainebleau kind of dropped us all off in the middle of nowhere rather than at the front entrance so I wandered towards the château through the Gardens of Diana.
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Once inside I toured the very aptly named Grand Apartments.
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This is the beautiful Chapel of the Trinity.
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The Gallery of Diana.
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The apartment of the Queen Mother's and the Gallery of Francis I.
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Some details I discovered in the gallery.
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I think this room was the Grand Salon attached to the Queens Mother's bedroom. I've always been partial to a chandelier and this one was spectacular.
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The beautiful ceiling of the St Saturnin Chapel. At this stage, dazzled by the opulence I made my way into the courtyard.
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The magnificent stairway.
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There was time for a quick tour of the gardens.
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The tea rooms at the château.
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and finally the lakeside pavilion before I walked back to the station for the journey home.
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These are my final photos from France. I'm still sorting through the 500 or so images I shot in Iceland but next week, tax return willing, I hope to share some of those images with you. The images from Iceland are so different from the ones I shot in Paris.
See you all again next week,
Jillian
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