I so get off on Chartres, it is ridiculous. It is florabunda, foodieabunda; you name it. It is abunda.
Lest we forget the reason for it all; the omnipotent Cathedral of Chartres …
It is a class act that puts on full display the beauty of France. Perhaps that is one of the reasons I so love it; Chartres completely personifies all I hold dear about this country.
I have to admit, at the same time, it is becoming ‘a little Paris’. It is only one hour south from Paris Montparnasse, via Versailles, but what I have discovered over the years is many Parisians move here and commute north into ‘the city’ to work. So the ante gets upped here; it is more and more like a ‘rue cler’ of Paris — the finest of everything …
Enjoy walking the streets … resting in the extraordinary silence of the Cathedral’s strength.
And eat well …