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France Trip, August 2012
Saturday, August 18
This morning we hopped in a cab and met the rest of the family at the airport. We rented two mini-vans. Unfortunately they supposedly didn't have two availble, so they tried to put us in a minivan and a station wagon. The luggage just wouldn't fit. Finally we insisted on the vehicles we had reserved, and a minivan mysteriously became available. We squeezed everybody in, with tons of luggage and a stroller, and took off for Chartre Cathedral and eventually our chateau near Loches.
We ate lunch at a sidewalk cafe outside the Chartre. Matt & Allie relaxing.
Inside the Chartre Cathedral. A service was being held.
Inside the choir. The interior of the cathedral was being renovated and cleaned.
This part had been finished, and the brick and stone was a lovely off-white
compared with the black and gray of the unfinished parts.
The whole gang outside Chartre Cathedral
Dinner in the dining room of Chateau Mont Felix, where we're staying the rest of the week