Day Seven: Change in Plan

The rolling display of pictures from inside the hotel was very convincing. Tired from a whole day of pilgrimaging and with one carafe of wine down, it seemed easier to just check into the cute hotel in Chartres than make our way all the back to Paris. Luckily, October is not high tourist season in Chartres and there were rooms available. Breakfast was included and we got a recommendation from the guy who checked us in for a nice restaurant that was not too far a walk.



Not having to go back to Paris left us with a reason to celebrate and a little time before we needed to show up for dinner. Another 50cl of wine seemed the correct way to relax and enjoy our newfound home in Chartres.



We set off down the hill from our hotel and the cathedral into the lower town to find our dinner spot. Les Feuillintines was the recommendation, a good and not overly expensive eating experience. The chef was a friend of the guy at the hotel, who recommended us to go elsewhere than eat at the hotel. Compared with our dining outings in Paris, this was pretty cheap and extremely good. I had wild duck and Bonnie had ummm a lot of wine. She thinks she had some beef thing. Or veal. Something like that. We had a glass of champagne to celebrate finally getting to Chartres and then a nice grand cru Burgundy to go with dinner. After dessert and un café we wandered back up the hill to Le Parvis.







Not having turned on the TV once while in Paris, I was not sure what you might find late night in a area like Chartres. The highlight seemed to be Earl and some soft core porn, that was it. So much for watching TV before falling asleep.