One of the two Tea houses in town:.....
It also has a rich modern affiliation with early Chinese Communism.
"Long before he reshaped world history by setting Communist China on a capitalist course, the teenage Deng Xiaoping made shoes at a rubber plant in Montargis. It was during his formative French years that the Chinese leader, who died in 1997, first dabbled with revolution and developed a taste for croissants." .... "Montargis in the 1920s was home to several hundred Chinese who came to work and study and, for the most socially and politically conscious, to explore ways to modernize China by learning from the West. The movement was called "Qingong jianxue," or diligent work, thrifty study."
Sun flowers, forsaken by their namesake, summer is on the ebb tide, with overcast, drizzly days making their appearance.
Fortunately the wild flowers are in abundance:
Note: NEVER buy/use a plastic kettle ... my replacement in place and working well..
The "New Chateaux" with a Maritime museum on the property ..
Then into; Vitry-aux Loges to pick up a few odds and ends, 
JAFC .. just another French Chateaux (small) ....
.... a lot of fun in France on a Sunday afternoon. No problem, it’s a rental .. drove it like I stole it back to the Inn at Combreux.
A tourist barge heads off to cross the Loire River
As you head through town .. a pleasant square and cafe:.....
She found a shady spot to sketch the ornate canal architecture.
The old city has plenty of charm and much for the tourist. 
On to Briare, my destination “de jour” , famous for the Canal over the river Loire.
The church in: Sury-aux Bois.
