Motoring aboard . r.|.\w, /v •s» Chapter i9inejfrom tlCoutfi; to ^arifiJ d. The cliff houses along the Loire River add aninteresting feature to the trip from Tours toOrleans. Cfiapter Mint :from ®auts(, lip WHav of Jfontainetileau anbl^ers^ailles^, to ^arisi THE next day we followed the road alongthe edge of the Loire and had a goodopportunity to study the interestinghabitations of the cliff dwellers along the was just room enough between the riverand the cliffs for the road and the attractive littlecottages and gardens, with here and there astately villa. Immediately back of them
Motoring aboard . r.|.\w, /v •s» Chapter i9inejfrom tlCoutfi; to ^arifiJ d. The cliff houses along the Loire River add aninteresting feature to the trip from Tours toOrleans. Cfiapter Mint :from ®auts(, lip WHav of Jfontainetileau anbl^ers^ailles^, to ^arisi THE next day we followed the road alongthe edge of the Loire and had a goodopportunity to study the interestinghabitations of the cliff dwellers along the was just room enough between the riverand the cliffs for the road and the attractive littlecottages and gardens, with here and there astately villa. Immediately back of them rosethe precipitous palisades which for miles aredug out in places and occupied as homes by thepoor. It was very interesting to study thedifferent architectural effects created by thewindows and doors cut out of these solid of the people live sixty or seventy feetabove the ground and approach their houses bysteep flights of steps cut out of the side of therock. Vines grow over many of the houses andin almost all of the windows were boxes of 101 iWotaring abro
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