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Versailles and Chartres
... with just a very few strollers out and about, and the occasional glimpse of a few patrons in the warmly lit restaurants and bars. It felt so much like we were strolling back into the middle ages… beautiful!
January 5, 2012
We spent the morning strolling around Chartres some more, seeing it in the daylight. It was a very windy and squally morning, but we still enjoyed seeing the town. The cathedral itself ...
Peter's version - he posts at last!
... 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.
... 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?
... 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
... br> After viewing the Cathedral I set off on a walk of the old town, following a map provided by the Tourist Office. This was very impressive, its like you have gone back a couple of centuries in time. I loved the narrow windy roads lined with old wooden houses and stone bridges over the Eure River which runs through the old town.
After a late lunch in a square in the modern part of the town, I looked at the shops before coming back to ...


