More pictures...

I need to change some of these so they are all facing in the right direction...

This is a partial side view of the massive cathedral in Orléans. We saw this on our tour of the city during the orientation.


They have dozens of walkways like this in Orléans – it is a beautiful, pedestrian-friendly town. Nogent has one of these.


You also can’t have enough pictures of the Louvre. Can’t wait to go back (I’m waiting for you, Eric!)


Later in the night this was on fire – a beautiful chandelier, if I have ever seen one!


I wish I had gotten a better picture, but you can see there are thousands of people sitting down to watch the game! Incredible. I’m quite sure we wouldn’t be sitting in the states! You can see Notre Dame in the background!



This was amazing!


This is one of the chimneys on fire – you can see the Eifle Tower in the background!


This is the greatest thing – you can use these public bikes for one Euro per day! You can get one at any of the 300 bike racks and then leave them at any other rack in the city. What a great way to help people be independent and less energy-dependent?! I am really excited about these bikes. Unfortunately, if you enlarge the photo you will see that I was obviously out all night at the lights festival!


A beautiful lake I can walk to - about an hour from my house!


The lake, take II.


The lake, take III. These two swans followed me along the path for a couple hundred feet. I love birds.


The collège (middle school) where Holly works. The uber-old building is worked right into the current buildings, isn’t it?! Holly is in the lower right of the picture.


These steps lead up to the chateau.


Another picture of the steps leading to the chateau. There is also a public garden through the gate on the left.


I finally took a picture of the chateau!


Here is a view of our town from a hill. The buildings at the bottom of the picture are considered the medieval part of town – they are the oldest buildings, dating back hundreds of years.