1. I think I drove about 8,000km overall, and we had a fabulous time.
France
On May 5, 2016, Bron and I flew from Boise to Paris, arriving at about 11AM local time on the 6th. We took the RER train from Charles De Gaulle (CDG) airport into downtown Paris for 10€ apiece, the least-expensive and most convenient transportation. We had figured out our hotel was only about 1km from the Saint Michel RER station, so we had an easy walk.
We spent 6 nights in Paris, 4 nights in Granville, 3 in Amboise, 3 in Sarlat-de-Canada, 2 in Beziers, 2 in Cavaliar-Sur-Mer, 6 in Orange, 3 in Annecy, 3 in Dijon and 2 in Reims, then back to CDG overnight and flew home.
I think I drove about 8,000km overall, and we had a fabulous time.
Following are a few pictures and descriptions of some of the things we saw and did.

2. France
The day we arrived, after checking into our hotel, we walked around a bit and I particularly liked this super fruit & vegetable market, it would put Whole Foods to shame. This is not an uncommon type of market to see in downtown Paris.

3. France
That first evening, we walked around quite a bit, and settled just across the street from our hotel at this place for dinner, something we repeated one more time because we found it to have excellent food, and great ‘daily-plates’ of salad-entrée-dessert at really good prices.
It was here that I had my first dish of Duck (Canard) cooked locally. A roasted Leg/Thigh with seasonings on the skin. It was great, something never experienced at home. I had duck 2 more times and it was all excellent. Bron liked it as well.
We never did eat at a ‘starred’ restaurant, but we always had very good meals, usually local to our area, and enjoyed them all.

4. France
Our first full day, we walked quite a lot. Here is Bron on Pont Neuf, the bridge across the downriver tip of Ile de la Cite on which is located the Cathedral de Notre Dame.
The huge building in the background is the Louvre. This is all about 1km from our hotel in the Orsay section of the Left Bank. It falls in the 6th arrondissement of Paris.
We walked everywhere we went in Paris, didn’t even take the surface transportation, averaged at least 12-15km per day.

5. This is, again, Pont Nuef, only this time taken from the Pont Notre Dame. We had just sprinkled the ashes of our dear friend Lois off the Pont Notre Dame and took this picture to memorialize them floating down the Seine, one of her favorite places.
Notice the cranes on the skyline, Paris is always moving forwards with renovations and replacements.

6. When we visited the Cathedral de Notre Dame, Bron lit a candle for our many friends who are having challenges these days. It’s one near the upper left of the rack.
This is, as one would expect, a huge and lovely cathedral, open to the public. It was not crowded, so the visit was quite enjoyable.

7. The approach to the Cathedral de Notre Dame
The approach to the Cathedral de Notre Dame. There are several cathedral’s named Notre Dame across France, we saw four or five of them on our trip.
This is a classic Gothic design, one of the first structures to use the ‘flying buttress’ to support ever higher and thinner walls.

8. After visiting the Louvre, we walked up the Champs Elysee to the Arc de Triumph. We were going to climb the stairs to the top, but the person at the ticket office looked at me and asked if we older folks wanted to take the elevator…LOL…We of course did! Some big pointy thing in the background.

9. The next day, we did a stroll around town, taking in the Rodin Museum which was a favorite of mine, then on to the Tour Eiffel for our appointed trip up to the 2nd landing. Here is a view to the North-West across the Seine and the Jardins du Trocadéro to the New city-center.

10. Here is a view to the North-East across the Seine with the Sacre Coeur in the far center skyline, the Louvre far upper right along the river. Our hotel would be on this side (left bank), towards the upper right across from the Louvre.

11. Walking back from the Tour Eiffel, we came across this small church, the Iglesia De Sainte Clotilde. It is a small Basilica with a fabulous pipe organ (which we didn’t see).
What attracted us was that the frontal grounds were a wonderful small park, obviously used extensively by the locals, many with children. A very quiet and friendly small retreat in the middle of Paris.

12. The ‘Bridge of Locks’ in Paris, something that has caused problems on several bridges with the added weight. This started in Serbia about 100 years ago.

13. After Paris, and on the way to Normandy, Bron and I did a 2-3 hour diversion to Giverny, the home of founding Impressionist Artist Claude Monet. We toured the gardens, grounds and here pictured the ‘lilly ponds’ made famous in Monet’s many paintings. His paintings are on prominent display at the Musee d’Orsay and especially the Musee d’Orangerie which we visited when in Paris.

14. On one of the many paths around the grounds at Giverney.

15. The main gardens in front of the Monet house & museum.

16. After our stop at Giverney, we continued on to our apartment in Granville, a port and fishing village along the coast of Normandy. On our first day, we visited nearby Mont St. Michel, the famous walled city and Abby of Normandy. This has to be one of the most visited attractions in France, and this photo has been taken probably billions of times, no trip would be complete without it. You park a few kilometers away and there are free buses that take you to this walkway to the city. If you visit here, be sure to pay to get to the Abby, the best part of the whole city.

17. A view down from the Abby to the approach and walkway, along with a local who hangs out here for food.

18. How could you miss a visit if in the area?
Here we are at the ‘back’ of the Abby walking back down to the city part.
The city part of Mont St. Michel consists of two ring-roads that are totally lined with shops, restaurants, hotels, vendors, carts and hucksters. It reminded me of Rhodes when the Cruise Liners come in and unload their thousands of tourists.
But for a few Euros, you can climb up to and go through the Abby which is marvelous. There is an audio tour here to make it more of an historical learning process.
How could you miss a visit if in the area?

19. Returning from Mont St. Michel, we walked around the harbor area in Granville when the light was low, here is a picture of the harbor.

20. And from the other side at sunset, looking out at the point across which is the Atlantic and some of the best oysters around….

21. A fairly normal patisserie.

22. A fabulous fish restaurant on the harbor at the point in Granville
A fabulous fish restaurant on the harbor at the point in Granville. I had the best Sole Meuniere ever here for lunch.

23. One of the great attractions of the Normandy area is, of course, the invasion beaches. This is Omaha beach, one of the main places where the allies invaded on D-Day. Along the beach is a memorial sculpture, and up just out of the picture to the left is a monument dedicated to the allied forces.

24. Walking along Omaha Beach, we saw a man replacing a real ‘thatched roof’. I wonder where they found a ‘thatcher’ in today’s world.

25. And here is a picture of the military cemetery up on the hills overlooking Omaha Beach. We also visited the military museum and saw a great D-Day documentary.

26. The next day we walked all around Granville, and up on the point are found the old fort, a church and several schools. Also several old German ‘pill boxes’. Looking down along the Atlantic coast.

27. Looking out to the harbor so you get a sense of the scale.

28. Back out at the point from up at the cathedral on the hill in town.

29. From Normandy, we drove to the Loire Valley, staying in Amboise, a small river town where we had rented an apartment on an island mid-river. In Amboise one of the attractions is the Clos-Luce, the house of Leonardo Da Vinci lived the last 3 years of his life. It is now a museum with many of his inventions which were manufactured by IBM from the drawings, and with lovely grounds. An early version of the Mona Lisa resides here, there being several painted by Da Vinci originally along with other paintings and artifacts.

30. This is the downtown area of Amboise, taken from the Chateau grounds
This is the downtown area of Amboise, taken from the Chateau grounds. A quaint old river village and now a tourist area. It’s small and quite attractive.

31. The Loire river, and the island where our apartment is located
The Loire river, and the island where our apartment is located. It’s just 100 meters across the bridge from town-center to our apartment.

32. The Château d'Amboise. Another site worth seeing with the audio tour.

33. The ever-present rape-seed fields
The ever-present rape-seed fields. They are stunning when in bloom like this and we found them all across France.

34. The Chateau d’Chamborg, one of the greatest of the many chateaux found along the Loire valley.

35. The Chateau d’Chenonceau
The Chateau d’Chenonceau. We found this more enjoyable than Chamborg, smaller, better displays, and the grounds were lovely. Chamborg was a bit over-the top, and its reputation seems to be from the fact that it is simply huge.

36. The Chateau d’Chenonceau is known as the “woman’s” chateau having been built and managed over the years by various women. The design is lovely, notably that it bridges over the River Cher.
Various wives and mistresses of royalty who were the driving force for Chateau d’Chenonceau were: Katherine Briçonnet, Diane de Poitiers, Catherine de' Medici, Louise de Lorraine, Gabrielle d'Estrées, Louise Dupin, Marguerite Pelouze.
This picture was taken by another tourist and the lighting was terrible, we were totally blacked out, so this is the work of Photoshop and the lighting is nowhere near natural.

37. After our time in Amboise, we headed for the Dordogne Valley for more spectacular chateaux and other sites. Little did I know this is the home of Pate de Foie Gras; heaven on a plate.
Our first day, walking downtown, and it was market-day. Dog I love these open-air markets where all of the local producers bring their products to sell to the local folks; and we get to take advantage of it.
I bought some pate, and some wonderful local bleu cheese and some Camembert. Too delightful.
This was one of our best AirBnB places, an estate owned by an engineer who lived for years in Australia and built duplex flats that he rents out. All modern and totally clean.

38. We tried to go to the Lascaux II ‘fake’ caves but we were too late for the English tour so on the way back, we went to the Musee de la Prehistoire, a great small museum which we ran through. Here are the Troglodyte cliffs over the museum.

39. The cute little town of Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil, where the National Prehistory Museum is located.

40. Our host in Sarlat!

41. Our next stop after Sarlat was in the town of Beziers, but our goal was to visit the old walled city of Carcassonne. This is a picture of the stained glass in the Abby, which we did with an audio tour. Beziers was not our best choice, the town is a bit industrial in nature, and our AirBnB was in a 17th century building that had been remodeled many many years ago into apartments. It was up 48 stairs, the bottom flights of which were stone. But it was a very spacious apartment and had all of the amenities that were advertised, so all was good.
Carcassonne is a delightful place to visit, but like Mont St Michel, it is overwhelmingly set up for tourists. Take the Abby tour. Walk around the perimeters, it’s all stunning.

42. Two cuties, or at least one, on the walls of Carcassonne.

43. This is one of the entrances to Carcassonne
This is one of the entrances to Carcassonne. Entrance to the lower streets is free so you can wander about. A couple of the special areas charge an entrance fee to visit.
Our day here was quite uncrowded being as early in the year as we were, and it was a Saturday but still not too bad. We were able to get a spot in one of the nearer parking lots and walk a very short distance to this entrance.
It was fun to watch the kids lusting for the swords, shields and helmets that are on sale at every small shop; then while leaving we saw a few of them outside being ‘knights’ and having a blast.

44. We moved from Beziers to ‘Cavalair Sur Mer’ just a bit West of San Tropez along the Riviera coast. It is a tiny town, more a bump in the road, but we had a great apartment with a beach view located just across the highway (street) from the sand. We drove along the coastal road to Cannes, above in the distance; this is like driving Highway 1 in California; small, twisty, stop and go.

45. This is Cavalair Sur Mer and its harbor, and Bron dipping her toes in the Med.

46. From the Riviera, we moved North to Orange, in the area of Provence, and in the heart of the Rhone Valley wine areas. Orange is another of the towns we would skip next time, again, a bit industrial and lacking in amenities and things to do in the immediate town.
However, nearby are all of the best areas for the Rhone Valley, the main purpose of this visit to Orange and the Provence region, along with a couple of other historical sites.
I’ve loved the wines of Chateau Neuf Du Pape for years, and that was just 11 kilometers from our apartment. So Bron arranged a wine tour of the local areas.
This picture is of the one grand site in Orange, the largest Roman Theatre in existence. This is the back-tunnels for the people.

47. And this is the main stage for the Theatre
And this is the main stage for the Theatre. It is still used as a venue for all kinds of performances in acting and music. It seats 10,000 people.

48. One of the spectacular nearby sites to Orange is the Pont du Gard aqueduct, something to see for sure. It has the huge old aqueduct and as well a lovely museum and delightful park-like grounds for the locals.

49. At Bron’s favorite restaurant in Orange, I’m having duck and she is having a perfect cod. For this industrial small town, this restaurant was fabulous.

50. But this is the meat of the region, the vineyards
But this is the meat of the region, the vineyards. It looks like Napa-Sonoma here, other than the wineries and tasting rooms are not even open on a daily basis so you need reservations, preferably on a tour.

51. Here is Pierre, our guide and we are in the tasting room on his tour in the Colliere Winery, Rasteau AOC. We often serve Rasteau wines. Rasteau has some of the less expensive of the many good Rhone wines.

52. The winery and tasting room of the Colliere Winery in the Rasteau AOC of the Rhone region. Other than a very-cute young woman as hostess, it bears no resemblance to any of the CA wineries or tasting rooms. The owners and workers are often out in the fields doing what it takes to grow grapes and make wine; not even a toilet for the customers.

53. Our next stop on the wine tour was in the Gigondas AOC, the Domaine des Bosquets winery. Another wine that we drink quite a lot; the Gigondas AOC is another favorite.
An AOC is an “Appellation d‘Origine Contrôlée” which translates as "controlled designation of origin", it is the French certification granted to certain French geographical indications for wines, cheeses, butters, and other agricultural products, compares somewhat to our ‘Napa Valley’ or such which are geographical, the French AOC is ‘terroir’ driven which includes soil, weather, etc.
Anyway, Gigondas is a very-good AOC in the Rhone area, and we really liked these wines….

54. This is our Wine-tour group, all Americans, and all relatively young compared to us, but a very-nice group of people.

55. This is our Chateau Neuf du Pape winery, the last stop, and the highest-priced wines, but actually not much if any better than the others. This is an old family who have been making wine in this area for hundreds of years.

56. The main façade and entry to the Palais de Papes in Avignon, worth a visit if in the area.

57. After our wine tour, we next decided to go down to Avignon, one of the higher-end tourist destinations in Provence. Avignon is a walled city of huge proportion, all ‘fixed-up’ and modern other than some of the historic sites, one of which is le Palais de Papes. This was the home to 9 of the Popes during the 14th century. It was very controversial and was quite the power-play in those days.
As usual, we took the ‘audio-tour’ and were not in any way disappointed. It is a very lovely ‘palace’, several stories of different room types with paintings, sculpture and other artifacts.
This picture is one of the walkways that goes through the walls of the city and into the main square by the palace.

58. This is just outside the walls right by the Palais de Papes.
Pont du Avignon, the original ‘Bridge to Nowhere’; it has been rebuilt many times after flood damage, but finally left alone in the 17th century. For a small fee you can walk out on it and enjoy the lovely scenery of the Rhone as it flows past Avignon through, in this area, parks that are delightful.
This is just outside the walls right by the Palais de Papes.

59. Bron, on the bridge, the background is the Palaice de Papes and part of the wall around the city of Avignon.

60. On our last full day in Orange, it was blowing with a full ‘Mistral’ wind, blustery, somewhat rainy and cold. We did practically nothing this day other than read and ‘lay about’ smartly.
In the late afternoon, even I was antsy, so we went out and visited first the Museum across from the Roman Theatre, which is a nice little museum. Then we walked through town and out to the Orange Arc de Triumph, and on the way back we went into a little restaurant in the center of town, not much was open, and here they had the ‘shop-dog’ which was a totally cute little golden retriever that was too friendly.
We also had a pretty good lunch here, I had Coquilles Saint Jacque and don’t remember what Bron had.

61. On our day of departure from Orange, we had our usual breakfast of coffee and croissants, we packed out to the car, and then went up to say goodbye to our host. He was an engineer of some sort, had a room full of old HP voltmeters and a house full of cats. A very nice guy, very energetic. At 60 he took flying lessons and then when licensed bought a small 2-seat airplane, and fly's around France.
After chatting a bit, we hopped into the car and headed for a tiny town near the Swiss border that I’d never heard of; Annecy.

62. We arrived in this totally charming little ‘Swiss-Alps’ like village, found our apartment which overlooked the Thiou river, settled in and walked downtown. This is a picture from our balcony.
We were most pleased with Annecy. The apartment was great, although the host actually lived here and just moved out when he could rent it, which is a bit weird.
The town is small and lovely and clean and organized. It sits on the edge of Lac Annecy, a beautiful mountain lake, and the Thiou river flows out of the lake, is channeled through the town, and flows 5 km to a larger river that feeds the Rhone; this is the shortest river in all of France.

63. Strolling along the Thiou river towards town, which was about
Strolling along the Thiou river towards town, which was about .75km away. This is a typical scene.
The water is clear and clean, and there is a ‘green belt’ along both sides of the river with bikes, skateboards, razor’s, runners and walkers. There are some park benches in secluded parts, and even a ping-pong table with built-in metal net for anybody to use, which they frequently did.
Our first walk into town was a wonderful experience, seeing how a small town can take advantage of its resources.
We were told it is, to a great extent, a ‘2nd home town’ for the wealthier Swiss who are nearby, and it certainly reflects that sense of organization and cleanliness.

64. One of the many branches of the Thiou river where it is split into canals and flows through the old city.
Annecy is often called the Venice of France because of this beautiful set of canals and the use of the canal-sides for great restaurants and other businesses.
This rapidly became one of our favorite stops, and we highly recommend a visit to Annecy if you have a chance.

65. And, as luck would have it, we were there for Market Day on our first full day. It filled much of the town. Cheese and Pate were in order.

66. We did a side-trip to Chaminox to see the mighty Alps; unfortunately it was a cloudy, drizzly, rainy day and we didn’t get too much of a view of the mountains. We wanted to go up the gondola, but we would simply of disappeared into the clouds and seen nothing.
We did enjoy walking around the town, looking at all of the high-end shops, eating a bite, and hearing that the regular population is 12,000, and the winter population is 120,000, which means that 90% of the rooms sit vacant for much of the year.

67. We took the ‘mini-train’ tour around the city, a total rip-off
We took the ‘mini-train’ tour around the city, a total rip-off. If you are ever in Chaminox, don’t do this.
This is a place where the moneyed skiers of the world assemble for ‘black-star’ ski runs on super-steep mountains, and world-class mountaineers come for the thrill of Mt. Blanc and many others. There are very up-scale mountaineering and ski shops all over town; along with the upscale jewelry, handbag and clothing stores. This is Aspen or Sun Valley, only with a long and colorful history.

68. Back to Annecy and another walk along one of the canals.

69. And yet another canal scene, showing the locks that are used to divert water from one place to another.
Many of the buildings are painted bright colors which adds to the happy scenery here.

70. Bron was doing the local research at all of our stops, and in Annecy she came up with a real winner.
Just a tad outside of town is a steeply-walled canyon with a swift river flowing through it; the Gorges de Fier. This place blew me away. There is a cantilevered walkway built into the cliffs above the river that is a couple of kilometers long and provides a delightful walk with totally great rock formations and other things to see in the narrow canyon.
This is the type of thing that I just love to find. Off the beaten path, little-visited, natural, unique and with a clever design.

73. This is the last of the gorge, I promise…..

74. And on our day of departure from Annecy to Dijon, we had enough time to take the Lake boat cruise which we missed the day before. So, here are a few pictures of a beautiful mountain lake in the French Alps.

77. Returning to the town of Annecy from the lake cruise
Returning to the town of Annecy from the lake cruise. You can see how little the town is, but how beautiful they’ve made it.

78. We had an easy drive to Dijon, easily found our apartment that was about 1km from the center of the old town, walked down and had a great fish dinner at a place just to the left of this scene.
This is, of course, the Outdoor/Indoor market down in the city square. This is a truly great market. It has everything. Oh how I love these markets. This is just one of four sides to a huge 1-square block building that houses the indoor section of the market. It is surrounded by restaurants mostly, so that it is a very symbiotic arrangement for having fresh fish, meats, produce and everything else used in the restaurants.

79. Here is one corner of the indoor market!

80. And here I am getting a couple of cheeses, and a ‘Pate de Foie Gras du Maison’ to take home and enjoy with a fresh loaf of bread, and a glass of wine…..Yummmmmm!

81. Right near the market is the Dijon Cathedral de Notre Dame.
This is the starting place for the famous Owl's Trail. The original owl is carved on the side of the Église Notre-Dame. Local tradition says if you rub the owl with your left hand and make a wish, your wish will come true. There are three different walks following bronze arrows and owls embedded in the sidewalks. We took the tours, stopping at a couple of the highlighted buildings.
You can buy a guide to the Owl's Trailat the Tourist Information Office for 3,5€. This booklet (which comes in several languages) provides brief explanations of the 22 stops along the trail, as well as three additional "loops" to areas outside of the center.

82. Being in the heart of the Borgonne region known in English as Burgundy, we had to take a tour of the local wine makers. This is a 12th century chateau.

83. And here are a rack of Pinot Noir bottles, collecting dust, waiting for the family who makes this wine to enjoy or sell them. This is Philip LeClerk vineyards. Bourgogne, like in Chateau Neuf Du Pape, have a very high opinion of their wines, quickly stating it is the best wine in the world. There is not enough wine to settle the demand, so it is highly priced. The local sommeliers will tell you that drinking the lower-rated vineyards is much more effective than the higher.

84. This is one of the tasting rooms, a bit upscale from those in the Rhone Valley. I remembered why I don’t like Pinot Noir, but it is hard to argue when they can charge more than it’s worth and get it. Good advertising, good salesmanship, and good constraining of the supply.

85. Back in Dijon the next day
Back in Dijon the next day. We went back to some of the Owl Walk highlights to investigate furhter. One of them is the Tour Philippe le Bon which has 316 steps to climb to get to the roof for this view. I’m about done with steps for this trip, at least I hope so. On the other hand, it is a pretty commanding view of the surrounding city.
Here we are looking over the Eglise de Notre Dame and out over the old city to the newer part.
Dijon is, by our reckoning, the 2nd most delightful place on our trip after Annecy. The downtown is well organized, clean, open and friendly. There are lots of good restaurants and shops. You are surrounded by great vineyards (even if I don’t particularly like the wine) the people are friendly and it has many beautiful sites to enjoy.

86. Another view from the tower roof.

87. And finally the two of us, me exhausted after 316 steps on a small spiral staircase, up on the roof.

88. Bron had seen a reference to the Musée de la Vie Bourguignonne
Bron had seen a reference to the Musée de la Vie Bourguignonne. This museum was very difficult to find. We found the buildings easily enough, but the entry was quite hidden. It’s goal is to provide a look into how everyday life looked back in the 19th & early 20th centuries and to a certain extent it did so, but my impression is that it only showed the wealthier classes going about their business.
At least it was the right price at free. If you find yourself with some time on your hands in Dijon, it’s worth perhaps an hour to wander through this quaint small museum and see some of the artifacts from daily life from 100+ years ago.

89. We were able to enter the Cathedral de Notre Dame the next time we were there, so we did and of course Bron lit a candle for our friends who are undergoing some challenges.
As all of the Notre Dames that we saw, this was another beautiful gothic cathedral, well cared for, and still in daily use by the local community.

90. From Dijon we drove the short distance to Reims for our last real stop on our trip. Another beautiful walking town. Being in Champagne, we had to tour a champagne cave, so we chose to walk to the Taittenger Cellars where they provide a ‘free tour’ for 1 hour of their extensive production facilities and caves. Free of course means you have to buy a tasting, but it’s only 17€ which is a pretty good price and the tour was an excellent and complete one. In this set of caves, 2km long, they have 2MM bottles of bubbly. In their other 7km cave, they have 20MM bottles. Above is 75,000 bottles in this one little area.

91. Another great seafood meal in Reims, far from the sea
Another great seafood meal in Reims, far from the sea. I’m having Scallops at a nice, modern restaurant.

92. Here we are at the Basilique Saint Remy
Here we are at the Basilique Saint Remy. This church has existed here in one form or another since the 6th century.

93. A view down the nave to the apse in the Basilica
A view down the nave to the apse in the Basilica. This was a fairly unimpressive building on the outside, but stunning inside. The basilica had wonderful grounds surrounding, a regular park in the city.
It began in the 6th century as the Abby of Reims, and was consecrated in It retains relics from Saint Remy, and many important events have transpired here, including Charlemagne receiving Pope Leo III at the Basilica around the turn of the 8th century.

94. Bron enjoying the walk through the Basilique Saint Remy, here stopped in the crossing in front of the South Trancept stained glass window.

95. Another side of the basilica
Another side of the basilica. This has been a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1991.
It still retains its original 12th century stained glass windows even though there were many violet periods such as the French Revolution.

96. Here Bron lights her last candle for our friends for this trip.
We next walked on to the Cathedral de Notre Dame, this must be the 4th or 5th such cathedral we have visited on this trip. Excavations have shown that the present building occupies roughly the same site as the original cathedral, founded c.400 under the episcopacy of St Nicaise. That church was rebuilt during the Carolingian period and further extended in the 12th century. 
Here Bron lights her last candle for our friends for this trip.
Many French kings were crowned here, and this cathedral was the center of French rule for many years.

97.  Marc Chagall designed these stained glass windows and they were installed in 1974 in the axis of the apse. I gotta love the colors he chose, being one who likes blue a lot.

98. A view of one of the transcept stained glass windows.

99. A view down the nave to the apse in the Cathedral trying to show the scale of it.
AND THIS IS THE END!!!
The next morning we drove to CDG airport, checked into our airport hotel, the CitizenM, returned our car and early on the following morning boarded our plane for an easy, if long, flight home direct to SFO and then after a long layover, to BOI and our own bed….Yay!!!!