MTV Cribs: Henri II et Leo Da Vinci Edition

Today we had a day off from school because yesterday was Pentecost.  Yes, the French love any holiday to take off work and school.  So, some of us took a day trip to Ambroise.  There, we ran into some bi-polar weather, but over all I had tons of fun!

The Château above was I believe the first to house French royalty (or something like that).  I took lots of pics of the inside and the petit jardin outside.  Leonardo Da Vinci is also buried there.  But what I think stole the show today was Da Vinci's residence in Ambroise.

Per request by the king, Da Vinci moved to Ambroise.  Between the Château and Da Vinci's house was an underground tunnel so each building was connected so the king could come and visit Da Vinci and I'm sure vice versa.

What I thought was really unique about the Da Vinci house was that after walking through the house (which was pretty small--and you're not really supposed to take pictures of) is the property had a pathway full of interactive stations, per se.  Most of which were models of his inventions/sketches that actually worked!  So we got play, yes like we were 6 again!  The day was super fun.  One of my favorites was the tank he sketched.  The "museum" created it to work similar, but it was more of a merry-go-round where you turned a wheel inside, and the hole thing spun around.  Unfortunately, my camera battery died before we got to the more interactive stations.

Back to school tomorrow, but I'm excited to learn some more about French culture and hopefully practice a lil speaking too.

A bientôt!