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Rooftops of Blois from the Chateau Plaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The weather did not cooperate today – it was cold, windy and rained intermittently all day. Not a fun day for sightseeing. But, after breakfast in our suite, we ventured out to see the sights of Blois.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The main goal was to see the Blois Cathedral<\/a>. We achieved that goal by parking the car about a half mile away and walking there through a bitterly cold, cutting wind, only to find parking available near the door to the cathedral. But it was dry and relatively warm inside. And quite impressive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Blois Cathedral<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Inside<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Reliquary<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We bought some bread on our way back to the car, but rather than doing the sensible thing by getting in and driving home, we deposited the bread in the car and walked up to the Chateau of Blois<\/a>. We didn’t go in as it was pricey, but got a shot of the courtyard. And Marlene posed next to the merry-go-round in the plaza. We also took the photo at the top of the post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We then got in the car, but on our way out of town spotted yet another interesting cathedral. So we found a parking spot and walked to it. But it was closed as it was being extensively renovated. Marlene snuck one interior shot but otherwise we were left to admire the outside. It was a huge, very impressive building. But the name escapes me at this moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Chateau courtyard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Being a kid again<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Closed cathedral<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Interior scaffolding<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Exterior<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Cold, wet street<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Marlene found a thrift shop and bought a couple of cold-weather items. Then we went home. We had dinner and played cards. Of course she won.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hopefully the weather will be better tomorrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The weather did not cooperate today – it was cold, windy and rained intermittently all day. Not a fun day for sightseeing. But, after breakfast in our suite, we ventured out to see the sights of Blois. The main goal was to see the Blois Cathedral. We achieved that goal by parking the car about … Continue reading »<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[121,135,137],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-atw","category-atw-2","category-france"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1VniU-41E","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15478"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15905,"href":"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15478\/revisions\/15905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}