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Hotel de la Poste Chartres

3, rue du General Koenig Chartres, Centre, 28000, France

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Versailles and Chartres

A travel blog entry by billnpat

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... lot of interior construction going on, which detracted from the sense of hugeness that it should have, and it was also very dark, but the immensity of the 12th C construction was still incredible.

In mid-day we drove just over an hour to Orleans. We are camped on a roadside just actor the flooding Loire river from the town. We spent a couple of hours bicycling around the town, including the gothic cathegral, ...

Peter's version - he posts at last!

A travel blog entry by woodsies

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... 1 credit. Magnifique - non! We had been warned on ridiculous Internet costs... So, having ditched the UK's O2 card because of similar instantaneous emptying of roaming account, I will need to be careful with Orange. I'm close to going technologically naked, but the option for emergencies is good, at least that is what we accept as the norm now. The Europeans are on notice to sort this out by the next time we come - we ...

Built in thirty years.

A travel blog entry by woodsies

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... good, so Peter made a good go of the point and s'il vous plait method. We understand that it is really important to start every interaction with Bonjour and a smile. It seems to work and generally people are very patient with our infantile attempts to say anything. Picnics are tricky in winter, but we sat on a stone wall in the mall and ate our rolls from Tesco in England with the cheese, and eggs that we saved from breakfast (which was excellent by the way) . By that time ...

Parlez vous Francais?

A travel blog entry by woodsies

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... lane behind the cathedral. We did, however, circumnavigate the cathedral several times in our hunt, making a racket pulling our suitcases over the cobble stones.what an incredible construction and what a beautiful old town!

Hotellerie St Yves used to be a monastery and pre dates the cathedral, so it was built in the 11th century. The rooms are simple but very clean and comfortable, with wonderful views across the town. I think our room is what would have been two ...

A day at Chartres

A travel blog entry by gillianf

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... a circular staircase with 300 steps which got smaller as I climbed higher. There was a nice view from the top, the town is surrounded by countryside. Back on the ground the service was finishing with some lovely organ music. The stained glass windows are impressive, very detailed and colourful. The Cathedral is undergoing some major restoration work and part of it was not accessible. You can see in the photo that the front is covered by ...

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