Chartres

On Saturday, I took the train with three other girls to Chartres. It's a small town outside of Paris with a beautiful church and cute little shops and restaurants. It was only about an hour train ride and the weird thing was that no one ever checked our tickets. The weather was not that great-- it was kind of rainy and windy but it was still a good day. Actually, it was so windy that it almost reminded me of walking to class in Madison. Definitely don't miss that!

The front of the church was  being renovated so I couldn't really get a good look at it (or picture of it). But the rest of it was beautiful. There's a small garden behind the church along with benches and paths that overlooks the rest of the town.

Front of the Cathedral-
Ignore the construction!

Side View of the Cathedral

The church is built in the Gothic style and it is so unbelievably old. It's very obvious just from looking at the stone inside and outside the church.

One of the most impressive aspects of the cathedral are the stained glass windows. The blue in the windows is unique to this church. You can't really notice it on this picture but it's brighter and more concentrated (if that makes sense) than others I have seen.

Just to emphasis how long this church has been around, they have a first century relic on display. I think it was from the year six hundred something.

After visiting the cathedral, we walked around the town and ran into the local market. There was a ton of fruits, vegetables, meat, but most importantly cheese!