<p>Biking in the Loire valley is nice too. Chateaus are spaced apart very comfortable biking distances. There’s a nice language school in Tours - the Institute D’Etudes Francaises. If you’d rather learn German, there are Goethe Institutes all over Germany. I could easily still travel with my mother. We never get on each other’s nerves - haven’t since early teen days. My Dad though is another story!</p>