Chartres

One of the cool things about France is all of the religious history. I myself am not religious but you don't need to be to appreciate the beautiful cathedrals that those medieval people made. It blows my mind that it was in the 12th century that people created these buildings. There is so much detail and beauty and sheer grandeur that you can't help but be in awe. Yesterday one of my friends, Zach, invited me and some other people to go to Chartres because his host family was going and they had extra room in the car. It was me, Zach (US), Laura (Swiss), Alex (Swiss), and Rafael (Chile). Chartres is close to Paris and is known for its gigantic cathedral. Its beautiful and much much older than the one in Orléans. Its easy to tell its older by the style of artwork. It's almost more celtic and mystical whereas the newer ones are brighter.


We wandered around Chartres for awhile and ate some delicious Kebab (I'm addicted) and we even went to this huge cemetary that was pretty neat. Afterwards to avoid the rain we went inside a cafe and got some hot chocolate. The weather was crazy because at first it was beautiful, then these dark clouds rolled in and it rained. Then it was beautiful again, and of course the clouds came back. It happened 3 or 4 times like that. It was ok though.
Once we got back to Orléans we wanted the party to continue so we went to the grocery store, bought plain mini pizzas and a shit load toppings (Pineapple, tuna, onions, crème fraiche). Along with that came an even bigger shit load of boissons which was just enough for all of us to get to a nice toasty level of drunkeness. We had lovely dinner conversation about Obama, gun control, drugs in Morocco (our Moroccan friend was there) and other various topics. Then we danced forever... lots of salsa thanks to Rafael. It was a wonderful day and night. As a result I am now exhausted.









Love Leah