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.

By the time we got to our B&B, I was just too tired to blog. But, we slept in until 10:00AM today and decided to just hang out at our B&B all day. Here's the first set of pictures of Chartres and a couple of our B&B. More to come later.

Carolyn sort of went nuts with the camera today, so here's a set of pictures taken out the various windows of our room at the B&B. This is truly the most beautiful bed and breakfast we've stayed at in France.

Here's some pictures of the inside of our room and bathroom.

Carolyn then disappeared outside with the camera and came back with these pictures of the grounds of our B&B.

We had dinner with our hosts. Mado (short for Madeleine) made a lamb roast that had to cook for seven hours in a sealed pot. She used this old cast iron pot and sealed the seam between the top and the pot with dough made from flour and water. She also made potatoes au gratin, but with several spices common to the Loire valley. For desert, we had fresh strawberries covered with eau de fleur d'oranger, which is orange blossom water. They were really good! Here's some pictures of our dinner and our hosts.

Tomorrow we're going château hopping. The pictures should be fantastic.

Until then remember, you're wine glass should never be empty…