 (3 Votes, average 2.00) Loading ... Loading ... Echo road sign
at Chinon  Echo road sign at Chinon  How can a Sound Tourist
resist a road sign pointing towards an echo? Despite having no
decent sound recording equipment, no aptitude at speaking French
and ignoring the fact I was wearing a cycle jersey of dubious
taste, I attempted to capture the event on my mobile. You might
need to turn up the volume to hear the echo.  A description of
the echo appears in the Rough Guide to the Loire which describes
a traditional local rhyme which exploits the timing of the echo:
Me: Les femmes de Chinon sont-elles fidѐles  Echo: Elles?  Me:
Oui, Les femmes de Chinon  Echo: Non!  Which translates into
English as:  Me: Are the women of Chinon faithful?  Echo: Them?
Me: Yes, the women of Chinon  Echo: No!  And I can confirm the
description is correct -  by that I mean the echo rhyme really
works, I know nothing about the faithfulness of Chinon women!
The echo is a reflection from the side of the chateaux and is
beautifully