Returning to Luxembourg from Paris, we had had
enough of the high speed toll roads, so we took the back roads through the Champagne Ardennes and Lorraine regions. Most
of this area is expansive undulating unfenced cropped fields with long straight
roly poly roads.
We stopped off for lunch in Chalons-en-Champagne at
possibly the worst café in town. Notwithstanding, we had a pleasant, if chilly,
wander around the old town with its interesting 17th and 18th
century mansions contrasting with the restored timber framed houses.
We had wished to visit the St Etienne Cathedral
which is famous for its stained glass windows. Unfortunately, it was closed. We
were compensated with a visit to the Notre-Dame-en-Vaux church with its magnificently
empty, unrestored Gothic interior.
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