Friday, November 18, 2011
The morning we went to Chartres was absolutely amazing. We had nice weather and the view of the cathedral was magnificent. The train ride there was an hour long and it was nice to just watch the view of the country side come into view while Paris drifted in the distance. It was good to see a different side of Paris apart from the city even though the country side was just as beautiful. We got there a little early for the tour so we decided to take a walk around the small town of Chartres where we took pictures and enjoyed the nice weather. When it was time to get a tour from Malcolm Miller we had explored the Cathedral as much as we could, but we were all excited to learn much more from the expected tour. He was such an amazing speaker and it was so easy to follow along due to his in depth explanations and hidden meanings about the cathedral. He really kept your attention because another amazing fact wold be coming around the corner during his lecture. I also learned how to read stain glass windows for the first time which was pretty amusing. When I did my presentation for the Cathedral I did not have to go into any explanation about it because Mr. Miller pretty much nailed all of the points that I had to talk about and more. After the tour we all said thank you and took pictures with him in remembrance of what we had learned. We then shopped and ate lunch in the little town which was very clam and relaxing and luckily easy enough as to not get lost. There was also this one incident when we were on the train that some of my friends and I got lost because we were the ones farthest away from the group because there were no other open seats. We got off the train thinking that we got off at the wrong stop, but before we were able to figure out our plan we saw the group a few feet ahead of us which made us relieved. Later that night I ordered the most amazing pasta so far on the trip and it made up for the long day and the time where I felt lost. All in all, it was yet another amazing day in France where we learned a lot and visited beautiful places.
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