Friday, May 22, 2015

Blois

So I spent all of last night on a night train.  I thought it was actually quite nice even though no one else in my group thought so.  Instead of getting a seat you get a bed.  There were two sets of bunks in each room with three beds on each bunk.  Devin and I were on the top in one room.  At first we had the room to ourselves, but when I woke up in the morning I saw that three other people had joined us.
I slept really well, and was quite comfortable.  Everyone else in my group seemed to have some complaint; I guess I just got lucky.
So we got to Paris this morning, but then we immediately got on another train to Orleans and then another to a town called Blois.  We have a hotel here in Blois and are going to be here until Sunday--Then well go to Paris.
I really like Blois.  It's a lot smaller, and a lot more calm than Nice.  It has some touristy things here too, but I guess it's not as popular as what's in Nice.
We went and saw a Cathedral, a Chapel, and the Castle today.  Around the 1400s the actually King of France lived in Blois.  Later one of the Kings decided he'd rather live somewhere else I guess.  It was cool to see the castle because it had four different styles of architecture.  I also felt there were more neat artifacts and paintings in this castle than in other castles we've so far seen.
Devin Sleeping on the night train.

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