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Some Work, TB Meetup with Holisoa and Some Jazz Music

Chartres is famous. World famous. It is one of the most exceptional cathedrals ever build. It hides a thousand of mysteries, legends and unravelled secrets. It shows the most beautiful architecture, statues and craftwork. It has supreme acoustics. It is pure magic. The first time I saw it's towers rising up on the horizon, was when our bus stopped in the middle of flowery fields. Yellow blossoms waved in the wind and far, far from us laid our destiny: Chartres. The last 20 kilometres...

Leaving Paris behind, we drove south to Chartres to see its gothic cathedral, considered the greatest of its kind in France.  The spires are two different styles, which seemed unusual, and the stained glass appeared particularly vivid, especially the blue colors.

The town of Blois is touristy based on the branded shops scattered around the small town. The most popular attraction of course is the Château de Blois.  We rushed through our lunch at 3pm at a nice petite café beside the château fearing that we will not be able to explore well the place as it closes at 6pm. After all, the guide books says we should allot 2~3 hours per château. We must be some kind of super genius as we were able to see the whole place in a little over 1 hour, ...