Castle of Blois

The first stop of our Loire Valley Tour on Friday, May 20, 2005 was the smallest of the three castles we were to visit, the castle of Blois in Blois, France, about 2 1/2 hours outside of Paris. We actually were more intrigued with the cute little village of Blois than we were with the castle. We're not thrilled about guided tours anyway and much of the information on this one was boring. The most interesting part was being in King Henri III's bedroom. This was the place where an ambitious Catholic Holy League leader of the time was stabbed to death. A painting of this event is prominently displayed and it was strange to be standing in the same spot where someone was murdered hundreds of years ago, the King's bed chamber!