More Pictures

Hey there; I have a little more time today so I can actually tell you what some of these pictures are.

Here's Notre Dame de Reims. Reims is the capital of the Champagne region of France. I spent two days there over my Christmas break. Notre Dame de Reims is where almost all of the kings of France were crowned.

 

Here's the Saint Rémy Cathedral. The first king of France (King Clovis) was baptized by Saint Rémy who is burried in this church.

Here's Saint Rémy's tomb inside the church.

Here's the outside of the champagne cellar I visited in Reims. You can see some bottles in the cellar in my last post.

Here's a picture of some arches that were built by the Romans. This is one of the last standing Roman structures in France that has never undergone restauration. This is in Reims as well.

Here's Notre Dame de Reims at night.

After Reims, I went to Dijon which is the capital of the Burgundy region of France. Here's a picture of some random houses in Dijon. I took this because the architecture is so different than Paris.

All of the dukes of Burgundy lived in Dijon. Here's where some of the most important dukes are buried.

Here's one of the oldest churches in Dijon. This church isn't currently used for anything and isn't open for visits. I love it though because even the religious architecture is different in Dijon.

Here's another church in Dijon. My pictures of churches in Dijon aren't great. In Paris, there is usually a large square where cars can't drive and where there are no other buildings. This makes it easy to get far enough away to get a good picture of them. In Dijon, this is not the case. Often, the churches are just in the middle of downtown Dijon, and you can't get great pictures.

This is a picture of an appetizer I had in Dijon. I decided to have a good dinner there because Dijon is pretty well known for its cuisine. This is a millefeuille pastry with mushrooms, escargots (the large grayish blackish blobs), and frog legs. The frog legs are the small white peices of meat. They taste like chicken, but are a little bit tougher. All of this was in a creamy buttery sauce with parsley.

Here's the main course. Obviously, potatoes on the left. And then on the right, the most delicious beef bourgognon I have ever had. For those of you who have not had beef bourgognon, it is a really rich, thick beef stew with onions and mushrooms and such.

Here's the Eiffel Tower on New Year's Eve. Sorry it's sideways.

 

Here's a picture of the inside of La Sainte Chapelle in Paris. This is a church that was built by Saint Louis to house Jesus' crown of thorns. The crown is still displayed the first Friday of every month. Unfortunately I did not know this until the first Friday of my last month in Paris had already passed. But it's also known for its stained glass windows; so here you go...

Here's the outside of La Sainte Chapelle. It's a pretty small place.

Talk to you again soon.