The Château de Fontainebleau.
It has taken most of the day to arrive at this point. Before we left Sancerre we spent time taking another walk around the village, not having got a fill of it after two days. 
The very pleasant outlook at Sancerre.
Top left: the keep, the only remains of the the original castle; top right, the village oven that the villagers would take their dough to bake their bread- often there was a tax for this; bottom left, a typical peasant cottage ; and, bottoms right, the Château de Sancerre.
We were slow leaving this very welcoming village, but we needed to call by a supermarket, and take aboard fresh water, food etc. - this all takes time. By late morning all our jobs were done and so we set the satnavs for Fontainebleau.
The drive took us, for a good part, along the Loire - not a lot of flow at this part of the river. We did pass two nuclear power plants as we made our way down the river.
We saw literature that advertised tours through the nuclear plant at Bellville-sur-Loire. Thought better of it given the level of security they were demanding. Good to see that safety is at the highest level.
We stopped later for lunch before moving on to Château Fontainebleau and our stopping point for the rest of the afternoon and evening. Again, the French do it well for motorhomers, providing a place to stop within easy access to the tourist spot - in this case Château Fontainebleau. We locked up the van and took a preliminary wander around the very extensive grounds of the Château.
Some views around Fontainebleau during our garden wander this afternoon. It is good to imagine the history makers that have walked the same grounds - Francis I, Louis XIV and Napoleon and his Josephine.
We were later joined by a few other vans for the evening. Felt very safe with the French Equestrian Military barracks just next door!
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