Three Cathedral Sunday

We left our Paris flat at 8:30 Sunday morning, taxiing together with Deb and Gregg to Charles de Gaul where they were staying on Sunday until their return flight to MN on Monday and where we were picking up a rental car for our drive from Paris to Berlin.

We drove through Chantilly, where there is a spectacular Chateau, to Beauvais, where there is an unusually shaped cathedral because during construction 800 years or so ago the building collapsed and was only partially completed as a result. Amiens Cathedral was next, where rainbows of lights played along the walls as sun poured through the windows.

Last we arrived in charming Laon, a medieval city perched on a hilltop with the airy, light-filled cathedral sitting on the very crown of the hill. We enjoyed a traditional, provincial, French dinner and hotel. Below you see the view from our enchanting and ancient hotel room, that was all slanty floors and creaky doors. This was a transition day starting from the rushing boulevards of Paris ending in the quiet, single car lanes of this medieval cathedral town.

Each cathedral had its beauty and distinction although they are all the same age within 150 years or so. Each stop provided an excellent opportunity for prayer in a well-used house of worship. Blessings flow out of every day of this journey!