A modern abbey – Fontevraud Europe courtyard of Fontevraud Abbeyabbey kitchen – looks like a Gaudi buildingview of kitchenclouds and turretsblack catthistlesFontevraud chapelcourtyardmodern art installation – a blink of an eyelight through windowscloistermural on the wall where Richard the Lionheart is burieda famous regional cheese is Sainte-Maure de Touraine, a blue cheese made from goat’s milk (shown in the back, not the cheese in the front)