Long awaited lodge in the Loire!!

We are here in Loches. This complex will be our home until Saturday. At least our apartment is bigger than the hotel room. We also get to be together. Our home is equipped  with a kitchenette, a living area/bedroom, a bunk bed room, and a bathroom with a full bath. The complex also has amenities outside the apartment such as a swimming pool, which all of us enjoyed this morning. It also has a laundry system and I was in charge of telling the receptionist that we wanted to do laundry. Unfortunately, I froze in front of her which apparently, was quite funny, at least to my family. Mom helped me.We also got a chance to walk through the town of Loches itself. It's very medieval. Cobblestone streets, caves and all. There was even two caves for sale! (I have no idea what that means. Why would someone want a cave?) We visited a very nice cafè. I had a chocolate brownie with whipped cream, ice cream, and English cream. Emma had what they called "fromage blanc" which turned out to be a drinkable cream cheese with fruit sauce (was expecting cheese cake). Emma and mom are trying to make chicken Alfredo for dinner tonight, it smells delicious. In the past days we have had some very uniquely French food such as yogurt in glass jars, sorbets, violet icecream, and French macarons from LADOREÉ which is apparently the bakery that popularized this dessert. They are not the coconut macaroons that North Americans immediately think of, but little cookies with fillings. The rose and lemon flavoured ones are delicious! Sorry for not posting for a few days. We tried to post about the Louvre but we lost it. For those of you that I will see back home, I will tell you about it in detail later.