Forrest Brown

One of the nicest churches I visited in France was the Sacré-Coeur Basilica in Paris. It’s located at the top of a hill which is the highest point in Paris, so it was a bit of a work out to walk there from the subway station. Very beautiful and in great condition, unfortunately it was also very crowded and no photography was allowed inside.

Yes, I know I live less than an hour away from Disneyland in Anaheim, but I’m still a big enough geek that wanted to go to Disneyland Paris while I was in France.

Lot’s of things are similar to other Disney parks, but there’s enough differences to make it worth checking out. One of the biggest differences was Tomorrow Land. The Paris Tomorrow Land has a cool Jules Verne theme to it and Space Mountain has a pretty wild looping roller-coaster.

Entrance to Main Street USA

Walt Disney Studios Park

I'm the taller one.

Let Go! Let Go!

The attention to detail and maintenance was definitely not as good as the other Disney parks I've been too.

Like some of the other Disney parks, there's a hotel above the entrance to the Disneyland Park.

Le château de la belle au bois dormant (Sleeping Beauty Castle)

Pull!

Disney Village

I only found a couple of hidden Mickeys while I was at Disneyland Paris.

Carrousel

Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres is a Latin Rite Catholic cathedral constructed in the French High Gothic style between the years 1193 and 1250 in the town of Chartres, France.

Chartres Cathedral

Vertical panorama of the part of the inside of Chartres Cathedral.

Vertical panorama of one of the entries to Chartres Cathedral.

There's currently a lot of restoration work being done on the Cathedral. Here you can see some of the before and after.

The Cathedral can be seen rising from behind some of the buildings of Chartres.

I was driving around after leaving La Rochelle when I spotted these ruins of a 12th century monastery.

Abbaye des Châteliers