August 2017
During my France tour I traveled non-stop for almost a week. On the last day I finally wore blisters on my heels.
Learn from my mistakes:
- don't go abroad in just-bought shoes
- what looks like tourist shoes is sometimes only good for 1 day of tourism, not 10
- if you're traveling through cities, sneakers will be more than enough
For these reasons it was decided to go to the city of Chartres - the only big city to which a direct train ran from Rambouillet. The train goes about 40 minutes, I could endure such a short walk.
Otherwise I wouldn't have gotten here, and that's a shame.
First thing a tourist sees
Rain just passed, it'll be damp outside for 5 minutes. France dries in 5 minutes always
Chartres is famous for its cathedral. Nothing else about Chartres is even said in Wikipedia
Turned out Chartres should be famous for its greenery
And the general vibe of a quiet French town with history
Could shoot movies here
And there are no tourists at all
Standard street signs
Modern lighting (probably ugly white light)
Working bookcase
France
The city started surprising with details
The cathedral - as it turned out, not the main thing at all
The main thing is the vibe of the old town, which has a love for life
You won't find such signs in another city
Though in the city there are no tourists, nor people under 40
The city is still terribly beautiful
Even if you move away from the center
Such love for details doesn't exist anywhere else
Exhaust hole
Would you want to live like this?
Would you want to sit like this?
Would you want to live with such women nearby?
Or with such locks?
Or with such streets?
I would want to
Shame that nobody knows about Chartres
The city definitely enters my personal top not just of France, but of Europe in general