Last day in France at Chartres

We had to leave the apartment at 09:30, but the plane wasn’t until just after 9 pm.  [There is a longer story, ask if you want to know about the apartment.]  We took our luggage to the consigne/left luggage at Gare du Nord then the metro back to Montparnasse, again.  The train to Chartres took an hour.

 

the largest salad we have seen

After lunch we walked towards the cathedral and could hear shouting.  There were hundreds of scouts and guides [Scouts/Guides D’Europe, an enormous Catholic group] moving around.  They were on a weekend pilgrimage finishing at the cathedral.  There was a Messe du Pèlerinage in the cathedral.  In the service we saw the guides had filled the cathedral and some of the boys sat on the sides.  There had been an earlier service.  

We walked around the outside of the cathedral and part of the old town.

  

It was great to relax in the train and watch the countryside rushing past.  We have had an amazing trip seeing and doing lots of different things.  We have been safe in the car, even on tiny single lane roads and connected with lovely people.  We can thank God for this wonderful opportunity to see a little more of this place we love.