ou est le corpse de leonardo?

Okay, we are on a long drive from tours to cahors (actually from amboise to puy-leveque) which is, apparently, a longer drive than we had thought. Everything seems to be. But I figured I'd make use of the time and write in the blog while we're both awake. At least I hope cindy is awake since she is driving. By the way we really don't like this car. I know, it's a fancy mercedes and all that but it is not at all fun to drive or comfy or spacious. Of course all cars are tiny in europe... Can you tell I am homesick today? I called paul at like 12:30 am his time last night (sorry paul) because I hadn't gotten an update on my cats in a couple days... I am losing my mind. But the loire valley is gorgeous and lush and green and we saw the chateau de chenonceau this morning and the chateau d'amboise which is where leonardo da vinci is buried (note: cindy made me go into the tourist office to ask where leonardo's body is). Anyway that was neat and we walked through the town of amboise which was really cute and I have been buying presents and souvenirs for everyone :). The pagoda de chantaloupe (which I like to call the pagoda of canteloupe) was closed and we ended up in a cute town called loches where we got some snacks and took a pee break. Speaking of peeing, as you all know, I do this often - and every bathroom is an adventure here. I swear they are all set up differently. They all seem to have different contraptions for flushing, you literally have to search for the flusher like it's a game of bathroom where's waldo. And the there are the sinks. There was the one where the sink, soap and dryer were all in a tiny row and automatic and if you moved your arm too close while drying your hands the sink popped on again. Then there was the one where the water comes out of this lion statue mouth that is operated by a foot pedal. But at least most of the toilets have toilets. I say most because when we stopped at a gas station today I went into the bathroom and three out of four stalls had like, holes in the floor. In the women's! Plus the mens was closed for cleaning and so they were just walking into the women's! But it is all loads of fun and now it's magic hour here so I am going to watch the sun set over the valley :)