Les Chateaux de la Loire

The Bob Wilson company go back to USA and other people came to the Diana Hotel, the owners was a jew family, two brothers and two sisters they are from Contantine a village on the Algerian mountains, coming to Paris after the independence. The mans working how museum guards at the Petit Palais, the women managing the Hotel, this one don’t was very clean there working two maids during the day, Gerard at maintenance and me the night keeper and all service. At the beginning I’m sleeping on the free rooms during the day but after my first income I rent a room “Chambre de Bonne” at the 7º floor 56 rue the Varenne, near the luxury apartment of Rue Citè Vanneau. This building was one of the most beautifull of Paris he was beside “The Mantignon Palace” residence of the prime minister of France. Opening my window we can see at the floor, the Mantignon Gardens, on the horizont, the Tour Eiffel, Palais Caillot, the Seine River and the Dome of Invalides... The owner was the Countess of Chabrol an Charming woman who I see only one time for pay my first month rent she never more ask me for other payments. The time was passing between my work and very delicious visits to the museums or concerts at the church, all free. The Hotel was placed on the geographical center town, near to Notre Dame, Saint Severin, Saint Gervais-Saint Protais, Sain Julien, le Pauvre, le Panteon, Sainte Genevieve and Saint Germain Des Pres, between others. How you can see I was beneficiary from a good provided free concerts programe. It was very near to the Cluny Museum ( I`m flirt with my fat girl at his gardens) there I pick up my love for the old tapestries and the high age objects like the cut velvets church armorial clothing, the Louvre was 20 minutes walking, how I adore walk “I was there like a fish on the water” Day by day my culture growing. With other income I buy a French “Velox Solex” a french engine mounted on a bike, with that I try to visit Versailles, mid way the snow was present the travel became a nightmare. I never arrived. Was this so frustrating will who make me think to other way to visit the french castles. Several weeks after, two argentinian women coming, at the time I was the owner from a good provided collection of Michelin Guides for all France, forgoten by Diana’s clients. Obviously I read and translate this. Speaking with the argies an idea enlight my brain and I start to Lying arriving to convinced the two women am a fantastic tourist guide to “Chateaux de la Loire” tourist tour, my planing was make rent a car for the argies and go with them for short three days tour, I’m a good driver without licence but don’t speak about. We was never testing for the police during the travel. If all that was my ability to lying or the gift hidden my powerful father I will never know, but the result was a beautifull three days car walk with this two charming women. First we go to Blois, there looking I learn my self how open the secret cabinet from Catalina of Medicis “Piece de resistance” of the Chateaux official Guides (I keep this information to make a Jock them in a second tour time later) after we go to Chambord, arriving there I see a mob of Japs each one with flashes and cameras before the entry, I proposed to my friends to make the visit in an contrary way, climbed the stairs to the top floor on the terrace. That was was an amazing experience Chambord is the equivalent of 7 or 8 normal building floor high and our phisical condition after this enourmous perfomance was the same who we have on the groud floor before climb up. The diameter of the stair came more narrow as we go up, arriving to the roof they loss the monumentality and when you go out , you find the celings from the Chateau composing an small french village, with little doors and windows in an scale completely more small to rest of the castle. I was amazing and I start to ask me who was the autorship for this marvellous monument, in my delirium liar claimed responsibility for Leonardo da Vinci (now we can think in a Joke, but the last scholars studys atrributed the autorship for the Chambord helicoidal stair to the Genial Leonardo, buried several kilometers far at the Amboise Chateau who have a war tower with a ramp to go up quickly with the horses and where Leonardo can see the proportions).