chartres

Though I'm settled in Paris now, I'm going to do some backtrack blogging. Here is Chartres- only a few pictures, because blogger is slow and iphoto is not so nice.


The front of the cathedral- you really can't believe how tall and skinny it is until you stand in front of it.


The door! Pretty much everyone you could think of is represented here- angels, saints, Jesus, and there might even be an Elvis...


Chartres holds the largest collection of medieval stained glass in the world- unfortunately I was only able to get one clear picture of it. There was a "Jesse tree" depicting the lineage of Christ that I'd give a limb or two for a clear photo of. But, c'est la vie. The glass is beautiful- gemlike, really- and almost blinding in contrast to the darkness of the cathedral.

This is one of those random, tiny sections of the outside of the cathedral which lends itself to ten thousand different views. Three cheers for the Gothic- every angle presents something new and exciting.