The second part of Carolyn's birthday was a 5-hour cruise around to the Napali Coast and back. The cruise was run by Capt Andy's, and I highly recommend them to anyone interested in any kind of sightseeing cruise while in Kauai. They were terrific! The cruise included breakfast, lunch, drinks, and snorkelling instruction (weather permitting). Unfortunately, the weather did not cooperate, so we didn't get to do the snorkel thing. But, the cruise was great anyway.
Read more: Carolyn's Birthday Part 2 - Cruising the Napoli Coast
On our way to the Loire Valley, we stopped at Chartres to see the cathedral, Le Cathédral Notre-Dame de Chartres. Yesterday was Whit Monday, or the second day of Pentecost. Thousands of the faithful go on a pilgrimage, mostly from Paris, to the cathedral on Whit Monday. It was quite a sight. And the cathedral is magnificent. It's also home to one of the most famous labyrinths, but we could not see it because they were performing mass.
Oh, my God!! I always knew there was a reason we always arrived in Paris early in the morning, like 8:00AM. I just knew it instinctively, but I never really knew why I knew it -- until today.
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