Trip: The Great European Road Trip

Greetings from Chartres home a Gothic cathedral considered be one best world We are staying here for four nights leaving tomorrow a nice central hotel with a cathedral view! And yesterday we took train into Paris where we had a very long bu

We have had a very busy last two days with long day trips from our base outskirts Tours So busy fact that we never got a chance see Tours! Oh well We quite enjoyed our short tour famed Loire Valley Here's what we saw did Yesterday we drove

From our temporary castle home see previous post Poitou region France we've made two great day trips filled with medieval art architecture Poitiers not far from our hotel a medium-sized city with no less than six historic churches We manage

We are currently staying a chateau hotel just outside Poitiers It's not quite as fancy-pants as it sounds - it's a small chateau not super expensive - but it still a nice little treat before leaving France It's called Le Clos de la Reibaudi

A sunflower field we visited this afternoon Fun stuff Thursday: Moissac On Thursday we made a short day trip from Toulouse Moissac home an abbey church known for its excellent Romanesque sculptures An exceptionally long-legged graceful Prop