Thursday, January 4
We planned a day
trip to Luxemburg today. We did make a
stop at the American Military Cemetery, but our efforts to see more of the
central city were thwarted by pouring rain and an inability to find any parking
for our two huge vans. So after a couple
of drive-by views of the fortified walls of the city, we decided to drive south
another 45 minutes and see the city of Metz, in northeastern France.
Our parking bad luck
did not follow us and we easily found a surface lot near a huge cathedral. Our only challenge (which we never figured
out) was how to pay for parking. The lot
provided 50 minutes of free parking, but we were not able to figure out how to
add more time. Not to worry, as it was
nearly 4 pm when we arrived and with the cold and rain, we were not in need for
a long stay.
The cathedral was
remarkable. It was constructed over a
330 year period from the 1220 to 1552.
The cathedral was open to the public to walk through. It's claim to fame
is that by surface area, it has the most stained glass of any building in the
world (69,920 square feet). I'll post
some photos, but given the late hour and rainy weather outside, most are dark. If interested, I would recommend checking it
out on Google Images.
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| Metz Cathedral |
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| Left side of the Altar |
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| View from the back of the Cathedral |
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