Troyes, France

Sunday, November 5th, 2017

On Sunday morning we left our hotel in Dijon, France and drove to Troyes. Before we left Dijon we had breakfast in a cute little café where we had our croissants and espresso. Mmm...

We drove through some really small and beautiful villages on our way. As most things are in this country businesses are mostly closed on Sundays. Very quiet where ever we went. No vineyard sampling today.  Each village even as tiny as they were had a old large church that was the center of the town. Some villages were looking pretty abandoned.

Troyes is a commune and the capital of the department of Aube in north-central France. It is located on the Seine river about 150 km southeast of Paris. This area is known as the Champagne region of Northern France. Mainly 16th century half timbered houses in his old town. A great fire of 1524 destroyed much of this medieval city, in spite of the city's numerous canals. Troyes is home to the Lacoste company headquarters, a popular clothing brand. Also, home of prize winning chocolatier Pascal Caffet.

Of the 25 churches with formerly existed in the town, 9 have survived. The remarkable cathedral of Saint-Pierre-et-Saint Paul (14th-17th century) was built in the Gothic styles and has about 180 magnificent stained glass panels. If only our pictures were as good as seeing it in person. It was so beautiful, but not extremely sunny so I'm sure the windows would have looked more beautiful if the sun was cooperating.

                                            Just passing on by some small villages...





Troyes, France


Saint-Pierre-et-Saint Paul Cathedral



The stain glass panels were amazing! 
(It was raining while we were in there, I'm sure with the sun shining it would have been just so much more beautiful then it was.)






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