Thursday morning we had a simple breakfast of yogurt and toasted baguette.  We had delicious blackberry jam on the toast!  

We headed out for a walk because it was another gorgeous day.  I almost feel guilty the weather has been so nice!  The sky was clear blue without a cloud in it.  We discovered yet another patisserie so we bought a baguette there just to try it.  We still think the best baguettes come from the first patisserie we went to which is close to the Old Church. It's on a street called Rue Constant Ragot.  

I wanted to see inside the Old Church so we wandered over there.  I don't really know much about it but it is a 12th Century Romanesque collegiate church.  It is built on top of a crypt which used to be called the Church of St. John or the Church of the Caves.  We happened to enter the crypt first and, apparently, the crypt was the original primitive church.  It dates back to the 11th Century and you can still see some of the frescoes.

A friend of mine was recently diagnosed with breast cancer so we prayed for her in the Chapel of the Miracles.

And we lit a candle for her.

Then we walked up 96 steps to the courtyard of the chateaux.  It is absolutely gorgeous and it's hard to believe that it is still lived in!  The public is  allowed into the courtyard area surrounding the chateau.  I wanted to knock on the door just to see if someone would answer, but David discouraged me and said it was much too early for us to get thrown out of Saint Aignan.

Of course David loved the "garage" which we assume used to be a stable.  

I could post a million pictures because it is so lovely and charming.  I hated to leave!

But we had to come home to do some chores.  Rachael nicely allowed us use of the washing machine and since David and I brought so few clothes . . . I had to wash a load. There is no dryer so we felt very French hanging them to dry.  David watered flowers that were in the window boxes that he learned are called jardiniere.  

Also, there is a chest with three drawers in it in the living room and it appears that other guests had just thrown a million brochures in there.  It was a mess.  So I took everything out and put all of the same brochures together in a pile (some in French, some in English) so we could find what we wanted when it came time to do some touring.  It is nice that guests leave the brochures but they could be a little tidier about it!

I also found a good book to read.  It is "Eden Close," written by Anita Shreve.  I've read a couple of books written by her.  I'm about half way through it already and it is very good!

For dinner we had pasta and, of course, a baguette with some delicious wine!  We were so full after that that we did not have any dessert.  We stayed up quite late -- it was almost 11:30 when we turned in.  

The days go by much too quickly!