Meet the inhabitants.

Here are some internal views of the previous houses. They may or may not be in the same order. Photos appear randomly as far as I can make out. No photos were allowed in the third building so I've posted a garden view.

The top photo here is a view of the Long Gallery at the château de Chenonceau as it extends over the River Cher. The alcoves now contain conifer trees as Louis XIV whipped the original statues off to Versailles. It was in this château that Mary Queen of Scots married the Dauphin, who was later crowned François II of France.

The Italianate garden is at Le Clos-Lucé, Amboise. Leonardo da Vinci walked around this garden, inventing mechanical solutions to military and civil engineering problems. He had brought his favourite paintings with him from Italy by mule, including the Mona Lisa and the Holy Grail ... no , I made that last bit up. Don't start me on Dan Brown.

The green and red nightmare décor was familiar to Balzac, who wrote Le Père Goriot at this house in Saché. No wonder he was a coffee addict with that colour scheme.