Yesterday, we visited a town called Chartres. The kids pronounced it "Shart" and had many laughs over this to my great annoyance. It is actually pronounced "Shartrey", just in case you were wondering. This is another day trip we took to visit a town with a cathedral--and the cathedral is amazing.
One of the features of this cathedral is the labyrinth made out of tile that pilgrims would walk around while they meditated on God. We couldn't see the actual labyrinth because they had chairs set up for a concert, but they have something similar in the grass behind the church and the kids had a great time racing to the center. Trust me, they were not meditating on God...
After the racing, we had dinner and walked the town. Most of the shops were closed because all the shopkeepers leave town in August for their summer homes, so annoying. We wanted to stay for the light show on the cathedral at 10pm, but had to find something to do to hang out for 2 hours so we bought the biggest lollipops I have ever seen...
Maddie tried to eat hers, but eventually her tongue started to bleed....no joke....
We are such good parents:)
The lights of the cathedral were absolutely beautiful
and we ended the night driving home without getting lost....unfortunately, I saw a brief flash of white light on the toll road and am pretty sure we got a ticket for going 100km/hr in a 90 zone.....the "perfect" end to a "perfect" day with a "perfect" family.
I can't wait to compare stories with you too! Although, I must say, our trip was quite different ....I can't imagine doing all that with 3 children! David and I just had to deal with our adult girls wanting to go out at night on the Metro to the "cool , chill bars" ! They begged us to go with, but we ran out of steam!
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Next time, we will go with you. Bobby and I will go out to the chill bars with the girls and you and David can watch the kids:) Xo, Diane
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