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Joel Baldwin European Odyssey
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Day 435: Chartres Cathedral
April 25 in France
ABC - Another Day, Another B****y Cathedral. Today's WHS was Chartres Cathedral, located to the south-west of Paris. Was a reasonably long drive from Amiens, about 3 hours, skirting around the edge of Paris too. I do still find them interesting, but it's been a lot of cathedrals in a fairly short space of time - sort of like visiting old towns when you visit Italy.

This Cathedral was notable for its interior restoration, a controversial one that has it looking bright white and almost baroque - very odd. Still impressive though, particularly the sculpture outside and the stained glass too, some of which was actually older than the cathedral itself (it belonged to the previous cathedral on the site).

Finished up for the day, we ate our baguettes and then checked in to our hotel, a cheap business style hotel on the outskirts of town. We've stayed with this chain before and always had reasonable experiences - they're cheap and no frills, but at least decent quality. This one had been recently built, and so everything was still nice and fresh and clean.

Spent the afternoon working and relaxing, and went out to grab kebabs for dinner. These days the most common French fast food!Read more
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Barbsra Hamilton
It’s a beautiful city. Interesting and walkable. But I understand getting tired if churches. Amiens cathedral has plaques remembering Australian efforts to save them in WW1.
May 1, 2018
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Trip: European Odyssey @ France Chartres
Apr 25, 2018 · Altitude: 172 m48°26'37" N 1°29'14" E
Karen Fig Amsterdam - France
Day10
Way better than Paris
June 10 in France
Ice Dragon and I made it to the Cathédrale Notre-Dame du Chartres today and it's truly one of the most magnificent things we've ever seen.

I could actually see the spires from about 15 miles out and thought, "wow! it must be huge!"

It is huge. It's also at the tippy top of a very, very steep hill. Enjoying a much-deserved glass of wine and crème brûlée. We hit the 400 mile mark today!
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Trip: Amsterdam - France @ France Chartres Chartres Cathedral
Jun 10, 2018 at 10:14pm · 🌧 68 °F · Altitude: 620 ft48°26'50" N 1°29'17" E
Karen Fig Amsterdam - France
Day10
chartres at night
June 10 in France
Because of the downpour I got into chartres much later than intended. And because of the downpour, I got to see chartres at night. They have projectors all over the city making their already beautiful city look - unbelievable.
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Trip: Amsterdam - France @ France Chartres
Jun 10, 2018 at 11:55pm · ⛅ 64 °F · Altitude: 551 ft48°26'38" N 1°29'20" E
Cindy Brown Cycling France 2017
Day6
Rambouillet to Chartres. 56 km.
September 10, 2017 in France
Why pack that raingear if you never use it?? And we confirmed we don't melt when we get wet 🌧️😄🌦️.

Woke up to a Saturday market right outside our hotel so got lunch food for later. Another late start..not quite caught up to the time zone yet. Much nicer riding track today thru farmland, more tree lined lanes, country roads. The veloscenie leads us thru back lanes we'd never find ourselves. The little towns are one after another ...no more than 100 m apart.

Lunch in Epernon in a small churchyard ... In the sunshine at that point. We had 🥖 🧀, ham, olives, grapes and 🍷.

Not long after we took shelter under an overhanging tree beside someone's front gate. Bit of hail and big wind. On our way again in 25 minutes but needed shelter again in Maintenon by the Chateau, beside the aqueduct. Gave in to the rain clothes at this point and had a mix of everything after that. Then Daryl can't shift into his lowest gear so the hills are more ominous tho not bad at all today thank goodness.

Lovely ride into Chartres along the Greenway. Very cool town. Staying at a chambres-hotes (B&B). Bike friendly and people friendly! Sylvie offered to do our laundry - perfect timing! We'll stay 2 nights and tour the town today - haven't been doing enough of this yet. We'll get DB's bike seen to tomorrow before we head out.

So far so good 😊.Read more
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David Greer
All very civilized. Circumnavigating the Chartres cathedral on your bikes should take a good part of the day.
September 10, 2017
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Trip: Cycling France 2017 @ France Chartres
Sep 10, 2017 at 10:22am · Altitude: 136 m48°26'45" N 1°29'37" E
Darren Hill Oxford to Spain 2015
Day5
Chartres
May 30, 2015 in France
Amazing cathedral. Expensive campsite but we needed showers and electricity. Practicing French. Je suis un rock star!
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Trip: Oxford to Spain 2015 @ France Chartres
May 30, 2015 at 11:04am · Altitude: 144 m48°26'10" N 1°30'2" E

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