Chartres Pilgrimage

Chartres is a beautiful cathedral.  It was where John of Salisbury was Bishop and Dad did his PhD dissertation on "The Educational Thought of John of Salisbury"

 

Versailles

Very long line waiting to get in

The Hall of Mirrors

Paris - sites

Sainte Chapelle

This ranks as one my favourite churches.  The stained glass is amazing and was all taken down and stored during WWII.  The ceiling is also amazing.  No photos of the inside but you can follow the link.  I love stained glass.

Centre Pompidou 

Le Jardin du Luxembourg

Paris - Art

The Louvre is of course amazing.  You can tell by the "happy" looks on our faces that we were not impressed by the Mona Lisa.  It had something to do with 20 deep crowd around it.  The Musee d'Orsay was amazing and a magnificent building.

Paris

Setting up at the campground - notice the lack of grass.  It was at the end of a subway line and very convenient for getting into Paris.  We stayed here at least one other time in our stay.  We also frequented this Chinese restaurant several times.

This was also our second trip to Paris.  We had visited Paris a few years earlier during a visit to England when we had taken the Hovercraft and train.