Met up with Pam for coffee and the took her rental car to visit my brother’s friends at their Chateau. They bought this place during the pandemic with the idea of using it for a semester abroad program for young college students. It has been quite the project as the place is enormous and was largely in a state of decay when they got it. They’ve put untold hours and effort into fixing it up and have enough of it functional to house 25+ students, but they have a whole floor of 13 rooms they haven’t started on yet! Beautiful place and it was fun to meet them, but wow, what a project! They have not moved more or less permanently there from Portland, OR. After our Chateau visit we went to a nearby locals restaurant, La Brocard, that they recommended and were not disappointed. If anything a little too much food! Then back to Saumur, where Pam went back to the winery and I did the Combier distillery tour. Combier History. Quite interesting with copper stills from the 1850s still in use. Here is a link to the Chateau Grifferae YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/@chateaudelagrifferaie953?feature=shared