The Travelling DesRosiers: Orleans

Headed out of Paris in lovely, sunny weather for a visit to the Maid of Orleans home town; Orleans. Reggie particularly wanted to see her house and the enormous bronze commemorative statue in Place du Martroi.

The house, which turned out to be a replica of the 1429 establishment, was closed on Monday. On to the statue, with a brief stop to pick up a quiche and pastry for lunch, which we ate on a bench by the square’s fountain. There was indeed an impressive monument in the square as well as a children’s carousel, the whole surrounded by wonderful 17^th and 18^th century buildings and serviced by a hyper-modern tram system.

OK, last church, but it was after all the one Joan prayed in. Fiddled with by a number of kings since the 13^th century, it has a bit of a chaotic style, but is mostly Gothic, with the usual flying buttresses, soaring arches and over-the-top decoration. Lovely.