Last night we discovered that Chartres en Lumières —which is the special lighting of the cathedral & other city buildings— which they said starts at dusk actually did not begin until almost 11:00 PM!! So we only saw the cathedral lit. Still was beautiful. As it was, getting to bed at midnight was tough for us both because we had gotten up early .
It has been very hot & humid here and yesterday I bought something very cool to wear. But I wanted to wash it and decided I would wash anything I’ve worn so far —-and I will start the trip in Paris with everything clean!
So this morning we went to a laundromat— Always an adventure, trying to figure out how to use the machines. Between yesterday and today we had the chance to walk through the Old Town and see houses and buildings that were hundreds of years old —some half timber — which always reminds me of Shakespeare’s times.
Our adventure today was to go to the maison Picassiette. In the 40s, 50s and 60s a man Raymond Isidore covered every inch of his house inside and out with tiles, making mosaics. It was unique and interesting. I’ll attach some pictures. We walked the entire day and totaled between 6 and 7 miles I believe. Whew!
On our way to the maison we came across a café along the river Eure which served food and rented paddle boats for the river. It was a surprise finding, and we were so happy to have some lunch and watch people go by in the boats.
Later in the afternoon we visited the Chartres cathedral, which, of course was beautiful. I had seen it in the 60s but I was a teen and did not remember much. Late this afternoon we were surprised with a thunder and lightning rain storm! A huge downpour and I was so happy that I was inside the hotel already and not walking miles away from the city center where we were earlier.
Because of the rain we did not want to go out for dinner so we did Uber eats and had a pizza delivered here. Yesterday we had bought a bottle of wine, which was a good accompaniment to the pizza.
Tomorrow morning, we need to pack up and go for our massage at 10 AM after which we will take the train to Paris. Our tour group doesn’t arrive in Paris until Tuesday so we will have a good 24 hours on our own before the tour.
Looks like your having fun and relaxing.
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