France has many famous castles (called Chateaux), where rich families used to live in the past. These people were called the aristocrats, and many of them were killed in the French Revolution.

Now many of these chateaux are museums or hotels, because they cost a lot of money to keep them going.

This photo shows the Chateau Montgoger from the air. You can see how these chateaux were built in huge gardens which were full of trees and streams. They are like we have parks today.

One family would own all this land, and the estate would have lots of workers living in small cottages who worked in the house and on the land.

This smaller chateau, the Chateau de Beaulieu (meaning beautiful place) is now a hotel. It would be very expensive to stay there, so I don't think Miss Baillie will be spending a night there! She will be staying in hostels, which cost a lot less money.

This is the city of Carcasson, which has huge walls with tall turrets all round it. It was built like this so that in times of war, soldiers could easily defend it. By guarding the walls, they could keep all the people in the town safe.