La Rochelle – one more post

I have just a few more pics of La Rochelle I want to share. This is St. Louis Cathedral. It’s a Roman Catholic Church, but it’s also part museum and part art gallery. Open to the public and full of treasures.

The cathedral was originally designed by the first architect to the King, but didn’t get started until after he was dead, so his son supervised the construction. You know how kids are…there are two towers and ornaments on the facade that never were built.

Nevertheless, look at how beautiful it is on the inside.

Look at the size of the organ. I’d love to hear it.

Here are some of the treasures inside.

A confessional on one side and art gallery on the other.

The colours in this textile wall hanging were extremely vibrant, and so were the stained glass windows. And there are tombs.

Then I went to see the Hôtel de Ville. They’d had a fire a few years back but you could see it is a beautiful building and well worth all the work they’re doing to restore it.

There’s a place where people can sit and watch the rebuilding process through plexiglass. I enjoyed the shapes of the cutouts.

I took a few more pictures at my hotel as I was on my way out.

All the room doors had a record on them. It was an interesting hotel and really perfectly placed.

The breakfast had hot foods and cold foods. I’ve decided that baguettes and cheese are a staple and are always included in breakfast offerings. This hotel had extras, like chia seeds, trail mix, and goji berries for my yogurt. Also an orange juice machine, where you can watch your orange be sliced and juiced after you drop it in. It doesn’t take much to entertain me.

A few shots on the way to the train station. I didn’t want to, but I couldn’t stop myself.

And the train station in La Rochelle is pretty nice too.

Inside the station they’re doing more restoration/maintenance. You can tell this city intends to grow and prosper from tourism. It has a serious industrial area as well, so it’s balanced.

The thing that really impressed me inside the station was this mosaic. It’s really big and very beautiful. It must have taken years! There’s another one at the other end of the station. All those tiny little tiles!

And so we say au revoir to La Rochelle. DH and I must come here together someday.

Love to you all.