Most of the royal château at Amboise was demolished long ago. What remains are the logis royal (royal residence) and the chapelle Saint-Hubert where Leonardo da Vinci's tomb is. Whether he is in it or not is still an open question. Also intact are the castle's ramparts and towers. The grounds have been turned into gardens.
Part of the logis royal. On the left is the tower des Minimes, one of two with spiral ramps that made it possible for horses and carriages to ascend to the castle grounds from the city below. Digitized color slide, Fall 2000.
Our refrigerator arrived as promised late yesterday afternoon. The appliance guy and his assistant made quick work of bringing it in, unwrapping it, and setting it up. They also took the old fridge away. It's a smaller fridge than the old one, so we have to work on what goes in and where. I also have to take some photos and sign up for a manufacturer's rebate of a little less than 10% of the price.
You have to post photos of the fridge, in place, to get your rebate!? Ha!
ReplyDeleteIt looks nice, and I love that shiny clean kitchen floor (having seen Ken's post today).
This photo of the flags, blowing in the breeze, is wonderful :)
Happy new fridge! Great colors in this photo.
ReplyDeleteNice rebate! So glad you’ve got the new fridge. That’s a beautiful photo! Sevilla’s cathedral’s tower, which was originally a minaret, has a ramp instead of stairs for the horse that would be used to reach the top for the call to prayers. When it became a cathedral, the tower was made a bit taller, which means the horse now has climb a couple of flights of stairs.
ReplyDeleteNice that you can get a fridge rebate.
ReplyDeleteLovely colors of the flags snapping in the breeze.
judy, yeah, weird, eh? That and a couple of proof-of-purchase things. But it's done (they don't make it easy) and I'm hopeful we'll get our rebate. It's only available to the first 7,500 people to ask for it. Offer ends on 7 March.
ReplyDeletebettyann, thanks!
mitch, poor horse. :(
emm, let's hope we get it. I think I followed all the instructions (and there were lots of them) correctly.