Chartres - What else to Say

It was a lovely day trip to Chartres. Saw the Cathedral, walked the city a bit took the train back to Paris. That sort of sums it up, but...
The Cathedral was magnificent - being worked on, but that's a good thing - will get some shots put together of the inside soon?

Chartres Cathedral

For many, the beginning of the 1000 mile long Santiago de Compostela pilgrimage.

The town is a busy little place, I think school just started. I walked down to the river Erne, that was once the center of industry in Chartres - Cloth manufacturing. 

The peaceful Erne River

The building on the left was used to clean the cloth in the river and later as a laundry. The last load of river wash laundry was in the 1960's. (Speaking of which, I have to take mine across the street to dry. Washer here, no dryer??)

Had a nice meal of confit du canard and of course cafe gormund - this time with chocolate mousse and creme brûlée - not bad.

I even got to watch some real drama on the ride back as the train conductor 'caught' 5 people in my car who hadn't validated their tickets before they got on the train. That's a little yellow machine at the gate that stamps a time and place on your ticket. Big fine. 

Adieu