CyrilVanierwalksusthroughFrance, a nationthataloneattractsalmost 90 milliontourists a year.
Stunningviews, MajesticCastles, CenturiesofhistoryTheLauraValleyisoneofthecrownjewelsofFrenchtourism, drawingsixmillionvisitors a yearfromallovertheworld, anindustrycrippledbytheCoronavirusafter a nearlytwomonthnationalconfinementandwithBordersmostlyshutoutsidetraveltouristsandnow a rarecommodity, ChateauShowman, onceownedbytheQueenofFrance, isoneofthefirstintheregiontoreopenitssocalm.
Andit's sopeacefulhere.
It's 10 thingtoforgetthatthere's a coronavirusepidemic, butofcourseyoucan't.
Treesrangedbetween 80 to 160 feethighandareconnectedby a walkway, whichallowsvisitorstocrossbetweenthemandviewthecityfromthetreetopswiththeirthicktrunksandnetworkofthinonyourownlikebranches.
Eachtreeactsas a verticalgarden.
Over 160,000 varietiesoforchids, fernsandotherclimbingplantshavebeenplantedinthetrees.