Day 18 - Tuesday September 18

A day of mostly traveling from St Malo to Paris with a stop in Chartres to see the cathedral. So lots of time to just watch the French country side.

 

I caught this sign and road, somewhere nearby live my friend Virginia! No time to hi-jack the bus for a visit, but I was in the area of France known as The Perche, the home of where Percheron horses were developed.

We got to Chartres about lunchtime so we were let loose to have lunch on our own and to find a few local goodies.

We then met up with our guide to take us through the cathedral and the gorgeous stained glass windows. The cathedral was not damaged during World War II.

The guide talked about "reading" stained glass windows, at least those from the 12th and 13th century. Bottom to top, look to see if there was a patron on the window and, then, looking for the rose windows.

As with many buildings it is being restored and cleaned, the after and the before on the quire screen around the altar.

The final hotel room of the trip, the last night was near Charles de Gaulle airport, so what should be a short jaunt in the morning to pick up the flight.

A quirk of the room, you had to put your key card in this slot to keep the lights on! But that way things get turned off, TV etc.

My last dinner in France, I went bold, I order chicken Pad Thai!