2015-09-06-Chartres, FR-Chartres Cathedral
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Yesterday evening we met our friends Dave, Jean, Carey and Carroll, about forty other fellow travelers and our tour/cruise director, Guillaume at the Hotel Jardin du Marais where we received a comprehensive briefing on our itinerary for the next two weeks. Afterwards, we had an excellent dinner at Chez Janou Bistrot, a place that Dave and Jean were familiar with. This morning, we left Paris by bus at 8AM and arrived a couple of hours later in Chartres, about 60 miles southwest of Paris. Chartres is world famous for its magnificent Gothic cathedral which has the best preserved stained glass in all of France with exquisite, vivid colors, especially it's vibrant blue tones. In the afternoon we drove south to Amboise, an ancient historic town straddling the Loire River in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France with two castles, or chateaux, one of which commands the town's high ground over the river. After settling into our hotel on the outskirts of town, our group attended the Grand Circle Cruise Line's"Welcome Dinner" in the unique La Cave aux Foulees Restaurant Troglodyte (cave dweller) situated, appropriately enough, in a cave!

Chartes comes into view, dominated by its famous cathedral

Our tour director Guillaume leads the way

Guillaume, a fine young fellow and native of Alsace, was an excellent and enthusiastic director.

Franco-Prussian War Memorial

"To the memory of the young men of the Eure et Loire who died for their country". Eure-et-Loir is a French department, named after the Eure and Loir rivers.

The spires of Chartres Cathedral loom over the town

The home of Jean Moulin, a hero of the Resistance against the Nazis

Jean Moulin (20 June 1899 – 8 July 1943) was a high-profile member of the Resistance in France during World War II. He is remembered today as an emblem of the Resistance, owing mainly to his role in unifying the French resistance under de Gaulle and his courage and death by torture at the hands of the Nazi Gestapo. Jean Moulin has become the most famous and honored French Resistance fighter. He is known by practically all French people thanks to his famous monochrome photo with the scarf and fedora hat. All the other martyrs of the clandestine fight, such as Pierre Brossolette, Jean Cavaillès or Jacques Bingen, all organizers of the underground army, are overshadowed by his legend.In 1993, a commemorative French two-franc coin was issued showing a partial image of Moulin against the Croix de Lorraine, drawn from the iconic fedora-and-scarf photograph.

Guillaume Stehlin, our excellent tour director

Chartres Cathedral-a 113-metre (377 ft) early 16th-century Flamboyant spire on top of an older tower

Chartres shops and residences near the Cathedral

Chartres Cathedral-The flamboyant north tower in shrp contrast to the simple south tower pyramid

An an old curio shop on the Cathedral Square

An elegant wrought iron gate on the Cathedral precincts

The west facade of Chartres Cathedral

Chartres Cathedral, also known as Cathedral of Our Lady of Chartres, is a medieval Catholic cathedral located in Chartres, France, about 80 kilometres (50 mi) southwest of Paris. It is considered one of the finest examples of French Gothic architecture and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The current cathedral, mostly constructed between 1194 and 1250, is the last of at least five which have occupied the site since the town became a bishopric in the 4th century.

Shops fringe the Cathedral Square

A gentleman of Chartres strolling near the Cathedral with his big shaggy dog

A very fine looking sheepdog


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